Lesson 1D.2.1

1D.2.1 Monarchy restored and restrained, 1649–1702 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 4

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Lesson 1D.2.1, Monarchy restored and restrained, 1649–1702: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA History (7042), Unit 4: 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which battle of 1650 in Scotland saw Oliver Cromwell defeat a Scottish army and consolidate the Republic's position?

    • Preston
    • Naseby
    • Worcester
    • Dunbar

  2. Which battle of September 1651 ended Charles II's attempt to regain the throne by invading England from Scotland?

    • Dunbar
    • Marston Moor
    • Edgehill
    • Worcester

  3. Which 1653 document established the Protectorate and Cromwell as Lord Protector?

    • Petition of Right
    • Humble Petition
    • Agreement of the People
    • Instrument of Government

  4. Which 1655 regime placed English regions under direct military rule?

    • Committee of Safety
    • Rule of the Major-Generals
    • Nominated Assembly
    • Rump Parliament

  5. In which year was Charles II restored to the English throne, after the collapse of Richard Cromwell's Protectorate?

    • 1685
    • 1653
    • 1649
    • 1660

  6. Which chief minister to Charles II was blamed for foreign policy failures and impeached in 1667?

    • Earl of Shaftesbury
    • Earl of Danby
    • Duke of Buckingham
    • Earl of Clarendon

  7. Which group of ministers, formed in the late 1660s and named after the initials of its members, dominated royal policy until 1673?

    • The Country Party
    • The Cabal
    • The Cavalier Club
    • The Junto

  8. Which 1661 Act restricted local government offices to practising Anglicans?

    • Test Act
    • Conventicle Act
    • Five Mile Act
    • Corporation Act

  9. Which 1673 Act required all public officeholders to take Anglican communion?

    • Corporation Act
    • Habeas Corpus Act
    • Toleration Act
    • Test Act

  10. Which 1679 Act prevented arbitrary imprisonment by requiring courts to examine the lawfulness of detention?

    • Act of Settlement
    • Habeas Corpus Act
    • Bill of Rights
    • Toleration Act

  11. Which political crisis from 1679 to 1681 attempted to bar Charles II's Catholic brother from the throne?

    • Exclusion Crisis
    • Popish Plot
    • Glorious Revolution
    • Rye House Plot

  12. Which rebellion of 1685, led by a Protestant claimant to the throne, was defeated at Sedgemoor?

    • The Jacobite rising
    • The Argyll rising
    • The Penn rebellion
    • Monmouth's rebellion

  13. Which event in late 1688 led to William of Orange landing in England and James II fleeing the country?

    • The Restoration
    • The Glorious Revolution
    • The Popish Plot
    • The Exclusion Crisis

  14. Which 1689 statute set limits on royal prerogative and established parliamentary privileges?

    • Triennial Act
    • Mutiny Act
    • Bill of Rights
    • Act of Settlement

  15. Which 1701 statute secured the English throne in the Protestant line via Electress Sophia?

    • Toleration Act
    • Bill of Rights
    • Act of Settlement
    • Act of Union

  16. How many years separated the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the Restoration of Charles II in 1660?

    • 9 years
    • 11 years
    • 15 years
    • 13 years

  17. How many years separated the Restoration of 1660 and the Glorious Revolution of 1688?

    • 32 years
    • 28 years
    • 38 years
    • 22 years

  18. Which principal financial power retained by Parliament effectively limited the authority of the Restoration monarchy?

    • Command of militia
    • Control of taxation
    • Control of navy
    • Appointment of bishops

  19. What main constitutional principle was permanently established in Britain by the Glorious Revolution settlement?

    • Republican government
    • Constitutional monarchy
    • Absolute monarchy
    • Direct military rule

  20. Which issue primarily caused the rise of the Whig and Tory political factions during the late 1670s?

    • Naval expansion
    • Standing army funding
    • Royal succession
    • Foreign trade tariffs

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