2D.2.1 Establishing the Church of England, 1547–c1570 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 15

The 20 questions

1. Who ruled England as Lord Protector for Edward VI from 1547 to 1549?

   • Duke of Northumberland
   • Duke of Somerset
   • Earl of Essex
   • Duke of Norfolk

2. Which 1549 uprising in south-west England opposed the new English Prayer Book?

   • Western Rebellion
   • Pilgrimage of Grace
   • Kett's Rebellion
   • Wyatt's Rebellion

3. Which 1549 rebellion in Norfolk was led by Robert Kett against land enclosure?

   • Northern Rebellion
   • Oxfordshire Rising
   • Kett's Rebellion
   • Western Rebellion

4. In which year was the second Book of Common Prayer of Edward VI published?

   • 1550
   • 1547
   • 1549
   • 1552

5. Which nobleman replaced Somerset as head of Edward VI's government in 1549?

   • Duke of Northumberland
   • Earl of Sussex
   • Duke of Norfolk
   • Cardinal Pole

6. Which monarch succeeded Edward VI in 1553 after Lady Jane Grey was deposed?

   • Catherine of Aragon
   • Mary II
   • Mary I
   • Elizabeth I

7. Which foreign ruler did Mary I marry in 1554, causing widespread domestic opposition?

   • Ferdinand II
   • Charles V
   • Philip II
   • Francis II

8. Which 1554 rebellion opposed the planned marriage between Mary I and Philip of Spain?

   • Wyatt's Rebellion
   • Prayer Book Rebellion
   • Kett's Rebellion
   • Northern Rising

9. Which town and English possession was lost to France in January 1558?

   • Guisnes
   • Le Havre
   • Boulogne
   • Calais

10. Which cardinal led the attempt to restore papal authority and Catholic doctrine under Mary I?

    • Thomas Thirlby
    • Reginald Pole
    • Edmund Bonner
    • Stephen Gardiner

11. Roughly how many Protestants were burned for heresy during Mary I's reign?

    • About 2,800
    • About 28,000
    • About 28
    • About 280

12. Which 1559 parliamentary act gave Elizabeth I the title Supreme Governor of the Church?

    • Treason Act
    • Act of Succession
    • Act of Supremacy
    • Act of Uniformity

13. Which 1559 act required all English churches to use the Book of Common Prayer?

    • Act of Supremacy
    • Act of Uniformity
    • Act of Settlement
    • Act of Union

14. Which document of 1563 set out the doctrine of the Church of England?

    • The Ten Articles
    • The Thirty-Nine Articles
    • The Six Articles
    • The Forty-Two Articles

15. Which pope excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I in 1570?

    • Gregory XIII
    • Sixtus V
    • Pius V
    • Paul IV

16. Which dispute over clerical dress and ceremony troubled the Elizabethan Church in the 1560s?

    • The Vestiarian Controversy
    • The Iconoclastic Controversy
    • The Monothelite Controversy
    • The Predestination Controversy

17. Which Catholic claimant to the throne became the focus of anti-Elizabethan plots?

    • Mary, Queen of Scots
    • Catherine of Aragon
    • Margaret Tudor
    • Lady Jane Grey

18. What term describes the 1559 legal and religious compromise established under Elizabeth I?

    • Ten Articles
    • Elizabethan Settlement
    • Forty-Two Articles
    • Clarendon Code

19. What policy under Mary I led to the execution of around 280 Protestants?

    • Babington Plot
    • Dissolution of Monasteries
    • Marian Persecutions
    • Northern Rising

20. Which 1569 Catholic rebellion aimed to depose Elizabeth I and free Mary, Queen of Scots?

    • Essex Rebellion
    • Wyatt's Rebellion
    • Pilgrimage of Grace
    • Northern Rising

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