2A.2.1 England under Henry II's successors, 1189–1216 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 12

The 20 questions

1. Which crusade did Richard I join after his accession in 1189?

   • The First Crusade
   • The Second Crusade
   • The Fourth Crusade
   • The Third Crusade

2. Which official ran England in Richard I's name as Chancellor and Justiciar in 1189-90?

   • Hugh de Puiset
   • Hubert Walter
   • Walter de Coutances
   • William Longchamp

3. What ransom, paid in 1194, secured Richard I's release from captivity in Germany?

   • 15,000 marks
   • 1,500 marks
   • 500 marks
   • 150,000 marks

4. Which 1200 treaty temporarily settled peace between King John and Philip II?

   • Treaty of Paris
   • Treaty of Le Goulet
   • Treaty of Chinon
   • Treaty of Falaise

5. Which city fell to Philip II in June 1204, marking the loss of Normandy to the Capetian crown?

   • Bordeaux
   • Rouen
   • Dieppe
   • Calais

6. Pope Innocent III placed England under an interdict in 1208 following a dispute over which archbishop?

   • Boniface of Savoy
   • Thomas Becket
   • Stephen Langton
   • Hubert Walter

7. Which 1214 battle ended King John's hopes of recapturing his lost territories in Normandy?

   • Battle of Lincoln
   • Battle of Sandwich
   • Battle of Bouvines
   • Battle of Mirebeau

8. Where was Magna Carta sealed by King John in June 1215?

   • Runnymede
   • Westminster
   • Clarendon
   • Winchester

9. Which Magna Carta clause protected free men from unlawful imprisonment without trial by peers?

   • Clause 12
   • Clause 39
   • Clause 61
   • Clause 1

10. Who served as Marshal of the baronial 'Army of God' against King John in 1215?

    • Eustace de Vesci
    • Geoffrey de Mandeville
    • William Marshal
    • Robert Fitzwalter

11. What fatal illness caused the death of King John at Newark Castle in October 1216?

    • Dysentery
    • Smallpox
    • Typhoid
    • Malaria

12. Who was appointed Protector of the realm for nine-year-old Henry III in 1216?

    • Hubert de Burgh
    • William Marshal
    • Ranulf de Blondeville
    • Peter des Roches

13. Which May 1217 royalist victory helped defeat the rebel barons and Prince Louis of France?

    • Battle of Lincoln
    • Battle of Bouvines
    • Battle of Lewes
    • Battle of Sandwich

14. Which man served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1193 to 1205 and also led royal government as Justiciar?

    • Thomas Becket
    • Walter de Coutances
    • Stephen Langton
    • Hubert Walter

15. Which pope excommunicated King John in 1209?

    • Pope Innocent III
    • Pope Boniface VIII
    • Pope Adrian IV
    • Pope Gregory VII

16. Which factor contributed most to the baronial rebellion against King John in 1215?

    • Heavy royal taxation
    • Peasant uprisings
    • Religious heresy
    • Scottish invasions

17. Which Pope annulled Magna Carta at King John's request in 1215?

    • Pope Innocent III
    • Pope Gregory IX
    • Pope Alexander III
    • Pope Urban II

18. How many years of his ten-year reign did King Richard I spend in England?

    • Exactly ten
    • Less than one
    • About five
    • Over eight

19. Which French king was Richard I's main rival and opponent after the Third Crusade?

    • Louis VII
    • Philip II Augustus
    • Louis IX
    • Philip IV

20. Who contested King John's claim to the English throne following Richard I's death in 1199?

    • Louis of France
    • William of Scotland
    • Arthur of Brittany
    • Philip of Flanders

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