- 1. When did James I become the King of England?
A) 1603
B) 1666
C) 1558
D) 1620
- 2. Which monarch was James I's mother?
A) Queen Elizabeth I
B) Anne Boleyn
C) Mary Queen of Scots
D) Catherine of Aragon
- 3. In which country was James I born?
A) England
B) Spain
C) France
D) Scotland
- 4. James I was the first monarch from which royal house?
A) Stuart
B) Tudor
C) Plantagenet
D) Hanover
- 5. Who was James I's wife?
A) Elizabeth I of England
B) Mary I of England
C) Anne of Denmark
D) Catherine of Braganza
- 6. What was James I's title in Scotland before becoming King of England?
A) Charles I
B) Henry VIII
C) James VI
D) Edward VI
- 7. James I was a passionate patron of which performing arts group?
A) Lord Chamberlain's Men
B) King's Men
C) Royal Ballet
D) Royal Shakespeare Company
- 8. Who succeeded James I to the English throne?
A) Mary II
B) Charles I
C) William III
D) Anne
- 9. James I was a strong proponent of the divine right of what?
A) Kings
B) Popes
C) Lords
D) Parliaments
- 10. Which famous thinker criticized James I's concept of monarchy in his work 'Patriarcha'?
A) Robert Filmer
B) Thomas Hobbes
C) John Locke
D) Francis Bacon
- 11. Which Scottish king was an ancestor of James I?
A) William Wallace
B) Robert the Bruce
C) Macbeth
D) Malcolm III
- 12. Which famous playwright dedicated works to James I?
A) John Milton
B) George Herbert
C) William Shakespeare
D) Christopher Marlowe
- 13. What was the name of James I's daughter who married Frederick V, Elector Palatine?
A) Anne
B) Mary
C) Elizabeth
D) Catherine
- 14. Under James I, the infamous witch trials took place in which town in 1612?
A) Salem Village
B) Salem
C) Pendle
D) Roanoke
- 15. What was the name of James I's oldest surviving son who later became Charles I?
A) James
B) Edward
C) Henry
D) William
- 16. James I promoted the colonization of which region in North America, leading to the establishment of Jamestown in 1607?
A) Georgia
B) Newfoundland
C) Massachusetts
D) Virginia
- 17. James I survived an attempted kidnapping known as the 'Gowrie Conspiracy' in which year?
A) 1600
B) 1611
C) 1622
D) 1633
- 18. In 1611, James I's daughter and heir, Elizabeth Stuart, married which Elector of the Palatinate?
A) John George I
B) Leopold V
C) Maximilian I
D) Frederick V
- 19. James I's reign was marked by the beginning of which period in British history known for its excessive opulence and corruption?
A) Georgian era
B) Edwardian era
C) Victorian era
D) Jacobean era
- 20. What was the name of the Powhatan Native American who was captured and brought to England during James I's reign?
A) Sacagawea
B) Pocahontas
C) Powhatan
D) Squanto
- 21. In 1597, James I published a book on the demonology and witchcraft titled?
A) Witchcraft and Sorcery
B) Necronomicon
C) Esoteric Studies
D) Daemonologie
- 22. Which member of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators was famously apprehended before the plot was executed?
A) Francis Tresham
B) Thomas Percy
C) Robert Catesby
D) Guy Fawkes
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