Beginning of Hundred Years' War between England and France
- 1. When did the Hundred Years' War between England and France begin?
A) 1299
B) 1420
C) 1366
D) 1337
- 2. Which English king started the Hundred Years' War by claiming the French throne?
A) Richard II
B) Henry VIII
C) Henry V
D) Edward III
- 3. Where did the first major battle of the war, the Battle of Sluys, take place?
A) English Channel
B) River Thames
C) Atlantic Ocean
D) Baltic Sea
- 4. Who was the French king at the start of the Hundred Years' War?
A) Charles V
B) Louis XI
C) Francis I
D) Philip VI
- 5. Which side suffered a severe defeat during the Battle of Patay in 1429?
A) Scots
B) English
C) French
D) Burgundian
- 6. Who succeeded Edward III as King of England during the Hundred Years' War?
A) Edward IV
B) Henry VI
C) Henry IV
D) Richard II
- 7. Which English king made significant gains in the war during the Battle of Agincourt?
A) James IV
B) Richard III
C) Edward IV
D) Henry V
- 8. Which English king was taken prisoner during the Battle of Poitiers in 1356?
A) Henry V
B) Henry IV
C) Edward II
D) John II
- 9. What treaty marked the official end of the Hundred Years' War?
A) Treaty of Troyes
B) Treaty of Picquigny
C) Treaty of Bretigny
D) Treaty of Paris
- 10. What event in 1415 led to further English conquests in France during the war?
A) Battle of Formigny
B) Battle of Castillon
C) Battle of Agincourt
D) Battle of Crécy
- 11. Which French city fell to the English early in the war, leading to the Treaty of Brétigny?
A) Lyon
B) Bordeaux
C) Calais
D) Paris
- 12. Which English heroine played a key role in the later stages of the Hundred Years' War?
A) Elizabeth I
B) Mary, Queen of Scots
C) Catherine of Aragon
D) Joan of Arc
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