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Mary I of England - Quiz
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  • 1. When was Mary I of England born?
A) May 27, 1527
B) February 18, 1516
C) December 20, 1549
D) June 28, 1491
  • 2. Mary I of England was the daughter of which famous monarch?
A) Henry VII
B) Edward VI
C) Elizabeth I
D) Henry VIII
  • 3. Who was Mary I of England's husband?
A) Edward VI of England
B) Francis II of France
C) Henry II of France
D) Philip II of Spain
  • 4. What was the name of the rebellion that was a significant challenge to Mary I's rule?
A) Boleyn Rebellion
B) Tudor Uprising
C) Catholic Revolt
D) Wyatt's Rebellion
  • 5. What relation was Mary I of England to Lady Jane Grey?
A) Sister
B) Mother
C) Cousin
D) Aunt
  • 6. What was Mary I of England's relationship with Elizabeth I?
A) Half-sisters
B) Cousins
C) Step-sisters
D) Aunt and niece
  • 7. Which queen consort was Mary I of England's stepmother?
A) Jane Seymour
B) Catherine Parr
C) Catherine Howard
D) Anne Boleyn
  • 8. Mary I of England died in which year?
A) 1572
B) 1566
C) 1558
D) 1547
  • 9. What was the cause of Mary I of England's death?
A) Black Death
B) Pneumonia
C) Ovarian Cancer
D) Influenza
  • 10. Mary I of England was succeeded by which monarch?
A) Elizabeth I
B) Henry VIII
C) James I
D) Edward VI
  • 11. How many children did Catherine of Aragon have before Mary?
A) Five
B) One
C) Two
D) Four (three miscarriages and stillbirths, one short-lived son)
  • 12. Who was one of the sponsors at Mary's baptism?
A) Henry VIII
B) Edward VI
C) Philip II
D) Lord Chancellor Thomas Wolsey
  • 13. What religion was Mary I baptized into?
A) Protestantism
B) Catholic faith
C) Lutheranism
D) Anglicanism
  • 14. In what year did the Countess of Salisbury become Mary's governess?
A) 1525
B) 1520
C) 1533
D) 1516
  • 15. Who was Mary I's chamberlain from 1530?
A) Edward Seymour
B) Philip II
C) Sir John Hussey (later Lord Hussey)
D) Thomas Wolsey
  • 16. Who wrote De Institutione Feminae Christianae, a treatise on the education of girls?
A) Sebastian Giustinian
B) Thomas Magnus
C) The Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives
D) Cardinal Wolsey
  • 17. What languages could Mary read and write by the age of nine?
A) Greek and Latin
B) Only French and Spanish
C) Latin
D) French, Spanish, music, dance, Greek, and Latin
  • 18. What title was Mary given instead of Princess after her parents' marriage was annulled?
A) Princess Elizabeth
B) Queen of England
C) Dowager Princess of Wales
D) The Lady Mary
  • 19. Where was Mary I crowned queen?
A) Winchester Cathedral
B) Canterbury Cathedral
C) St. Paul's Cathedral
D) Westminster Abbey
  • 20. Who did Henry VIII marry in early 1533?
A) Anne Boleyn
B) Jane Seymour
C) Katharine Howard
D) Catherine of Aragon
  • 21. What did Susan Clarencieux reveal to the French ambassador?
A) Details of Mary's religious policies.
B) Her doubts about Mary's pregnancy.
C) Plans for Elizabeth's marriage.
D) Philip's intentions if Mary died.
  • 22. Where was Mary sent after her household was dissolved in December 1533?
A) Rome
B) Peterborough Cathedral
C) Hatfield Palace, Hertfordshire
D) Greenwich Palace
  • 23. Where did Mary I flee to instead of going to London after Edward VI's death?
A) Bristol
B) Winchester
C) East Anglia
D) York
  • 24. What did Pope Julius II issue that affected Catherine's marriage to Arthur?
A) A dispensation
B) An annulment
C) A papal bull
D) A decree
  • 25. Who was Queen Anne's successor after her beheading in 1536?
A) Anne of Cleves
B) Jane Seymour
C) Catherine Howard
D) Catherine Parr
  • 26. What significant loss did England suffer in January 1558?
A) The French took Calais, England's sole remaining possession on the European mainland.
B) The Dutch seized New Amsterdam
C) The Spanish captured Gibraltar
D) The Portuguese lost Goa
  • 27. Who arrived in England as papal legate in November 1554?
A) Reginald Pole
B) John Foxe
C) Thomas Cranmer
D) Philip of Spain
  • 28. What was the outcome of the plan to smuggle Mary out of England in 1550?
A) It came to nothing.
B) She was captured and imprisoned.
C) She successfully fled to Europe.
D) She married a European prince.
  • 29. Who succeeded Henry VIII after his death in 1547?
A) Edward VI
B) Elizabeth I
C) Mary I
D) James I
  • 30. What did Edward VI publicly reproach Mary for during their reunion in 1550?
A) Conspiring against him.
B) Ignoring his laws regarding worship.
C) Refusing to marry him.
D) Attempting to flee the country.
  • 31. Who was appointed as Lord Chancellor by Mary I?
A) Stephen Gardiner
B) Edward Courtenay
C) John Dudley
D) Thomas Howard
  • 32. Who became Mary's close adviser and interceded on her behalf?
A) Thomas Cranmer
B) Eustace Chapuys
C) Charles V
D) Pope Clement VII
  • 33. What was the name of the plot against Mary involving Henry Dudley?
A) The Gunpowder Plot
B) The Dudley conspiracy
C) The Pilgrimage of Grace
D) The Babington Plot
  • 34. Who was Catherine's nephew and Mary's former betrothed?
A) Eustace Chapuys
B) Thomas Cranmer
C) Charles V
D) Pope Clement VII
  • 35. How did the Venetian Mario Savorgnano describe Mary by the time she was developing into a young lady?
A) Pale blue-eyed and red-haired
B) Small and delicate
C) Pretty, well-proportioned with a fine complexion
D) Ruddy-cheeked and fair-complexioned
  • 36. What disease did Edward VI likely die from in 1553?
A) Smallpox
B) Influenza
C) Measles
D) Tuberculosis
  • 37. Who wrote about the marriage being concluded for no fleshly consideration?
A) Stephen Gardiner
B) Ruy Gómez de Silva
C) Thomas Howard
D) John Dudley
  • 38. What was a physical trait that Mary inherited from her father?
A) Red or reddish-golden hair
B) Ruddy-cheeked
C) Pale blue eyes
D) Fair complexion
  • 39. Where was Catherine interred after her death in 1536?
A) Peterborough Cathedral
B) St. Paul's Cathedral
C) Hatfield Palace
D) Westminster Abbey
  • 40. What was Alfonso de Castro's stance on the burnings?
A) He supported them fully.
B) He condemned them as 'cruel enforcement'.
C) He remained neutral.
D) He organized them.
  • 41. What biblical passage did Henry VIII cite to claim his marriage was unclean?
A) Exodus 20:14
B) Matthew 5:32
C) Genesis 1:28
D) Leviticus 20:21
  • 42. What happened after the false pregnancy rumors spread across Europe?
A) Mary abdicated the throne.
B) Elizabeth was imprisoned again.
C) Philip returned to England.
D) Thanksgiving services were held in London.
  • 43. How many rich Protestants fled into exile during Mary's reign?
A) Around 800
B) Exactly 500
C) Less than 100
D) More than 1500
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