 - 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 English king signed the Magna Carta in 1215?
A) King Edward II B) King Henry VIII C) King Richard III D) King John
- 3. Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury famously murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170?
A) William Tyndale B) Thomas More C) Thomas Wolsey D) Thomas Becket
- 4. Who led the Norman Conquest of England in 1066?
A) Harold Godwinson B) Edward the Confessor C) William the Conqueror D) Henry I
- 5. Which English king was known as 'The Lionheart'?
A) Edward II B) Richard I C) Henry III D) John
- 6. The Hundred Years' War was fought between England and which other country?
A) Scotland B) Spain C) Portugal D) France
- 7. Who was the author of 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) Thomas Malory B) William Langland C) John Gower D) Geoffrey Chaucer
- 8. Who was the first Tudor monarch of England?
A) Elizabeth I B) Edward VI C) Mary I D) Henry VII
- 9. Which English king was known as 'Longshanks'?
A) John B) Henry II C) Edward I D) Richard II
- 10. Who led a peasant uprising against the English nobility and clergy in 1381?
A) John Ball B) Jack Cade C) Wat Tyler D) Robin Hood
- 11. What was the name of the civil war in medieval England fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York?
A) Peasants' Revolt B) Wars of the Roses C) Anarchy D) Baronial Wars
- 12. The War of the Roses was a struggle for the English throne between which two rival houses?
A) Plantagenet and Capet B) York and Lancaster C) Tudor and Stuart D) Norman and Saxon
- 13. Who was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England before the Norman Conquest?
A) Edmund Ironside B) Harold Godwinson C) Edward the Confessor D) Cnut the Great
- 14. Which medieval English king was deposed during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381?
A) Edward III B) Henry VI C) Henry IV D) Richard II
- 15. Which medieval English king was known for his six wives?
A) Richard II B) Edward IV C) Henry VIII D) Stephen
- 16. Which famous English cathedral was consecrated in 1093, becoming a symbol of Norman power in England?
A) Westminster Abbey B) Durham Cathedral C) York Minster D) Canterbury Cathedral
- 17. During the Middle Ages, what was the main language used by the English nobility?
A) French B) Old English C) Latin D) German
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