- 1. Who was the first Plantagenet king of England?
A) William the Conqueror
B) Richard the Lionheart
C) Henry II
D) Edward I
- 2. Which famous battle took place in 1066 resulting in the Norman conquest of England?
A) Battle of Agincourt
B) Battle of Bosworth Field
C) Battle of Hastings
D) Battle of Stirling Bridge
- 3. Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170?
A) William the Conqueror
B) Edward I
C) Henry II
D) Thomas Becket
- 4. Which document, signed by King John in 1215, limited the power of the monarchy and influenced future legal systems?
A) Domesday Book
B) Bill of Rights
C) Magna Carta
D) Petition of Right
- 5. Who was known as the 'Lionheart' due to his reputation as a great military leader?
A) William the Conqueror
B) Henry V
C) Edward IV
D) Richard I
- 6. Which English king was forced to sign the Magna Carta in 1215?
A) Henry II
B) Edward III
C) King John
D) Richard III
- 7. Who was the ruler who unified the kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1603?
A) Charles I
B) Henry VIII
C) Elizabeth I
D) James VI of Scotland
- 8. Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England who was defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings?
A) Harold II
B) Edward the Confessor
C) Harthacnut
D) Alfred the Great
- 9. Who was the King of England responsible for the Domesday Book?
A) Edward I
B) William the Conqueror
C) Henry II
D) Richard I
- 10. Who was the first English king to be excommunicated by the Pope?
A) Henry VIII
B) Richard III
C) Edward IV
D) John
- 11. Which of the following royal houses ruled England during the High Middle Ages?
A) Stuart
B) Tudor
C) Hanover
D) Plantagenet
- 12. In what year did the Norman Conquest of England take place?
A) 1215
B) 1066
C) 1485
D) 1348
- 13. Which English king was known for his victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 during the Hundred Years' War?
A) Richard III
B) Henry V
C) Henry IV
D) Edward IV
- 14. Who was the king who declared himself the head of the Church of England, leading to the English Reformation?
A) Mary I
B) Henry VIII
C) Elizabeth I
D) Edward VI
- 15. Who succeeded Edward III as King of England in 1377?
A) Henry VI
B) Henry IV
C) Edward IV
D) Richard II
- 16. In what year did the Hundred Years' War between England and France officially end?
A) 1348
B) 1485
C) 1453
D) 1547
- 17. Which famous medieval English poet and author wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer
B) Thomas Malory
C) John Gower
D) William Langland
- 18. Which English king was known for his military campaigns in Wales, and was the first Prince of Wales?
A) Henry IV
B) Edward I
C) Edward III
D) Edward IV
- 19. Who was the Earl of Warwick known as 'The Kingmaker' during the War of the Roses?
A) Edward IV
B) William Hastings
C) Henry Beaufort
D) Richard Neville
- 20. Who was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn who became Queen of England?
A) Catherine of Aragon
B) Jane Seymour
C) Elizabeth I
D) Mary I
- 21. What was the name of the war between England and France from 1337 to 1453?
A) War of the Roses
B) Wars of Scottish Independence
C) Norman Conquest
D) Hundred Years' War
- 22. Which infamous event took place in 1381 during the High Middle Ages?
A) Crusades
B) Black Death pandemic
C) Great Schism
D) Peasants' Revolt
- 23. During the reign of Henry II, which system of justice was established in England?
A) Common Law
B) Feudal Law
C) Canon Law
D) Napoleonic Code
- 24. Who was the daughter of Henry I and claimed the English throne, leading to a civil war known as 'The Anarchy'?
A) Matilda
B) Joan
C) Isabella
D) Eleanor
- 25. Who was the rebel leader of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381?
A) Jack Cade
B) Wat Tyler
C) Simon de Montfort
D) John Ball
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