2E.1.1 Origins of the English Civil War, 1625–1642 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 16

The 20 questions

1. Which 1628 parliamentary document restricted non-parliamentary taxation and arbitrary imprisonment by Charles I?

   • Petition of Right
   • Nineteen Propositions
   • Bill of Rights
   • Grand Remonstrance

2. Which doctrine asserted monarchs derived authority directly from God, not Parliament?

   • Parliamentary supremacy
   • Constitutional monarchy
   • Divine Right
   • Popular sovereignty

3. Which royal favourite and minister of Charles I was assassinated in Portsmouth in 1628?

   • Earl of Strafford
   • Archbishop Laud
   • Lord Cottington
   • Duke of Buckingham

4. What period of personal rule by Charles I began following the dissolution of Parliament in 1629?

   • The Long Parliament
   • Eleven Years' Tyranny
   • The Protectorate
   • The Restoration

5. Which royal minister served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1632 before his execution in 1641?

   • Thomas Wentworth
   • Edward Hyde
   • William Laud
   • Duke of Buckingham

6. Which Archbishop of Canterbury promoted Arminian ideas and ceremony in the Church of England from the 1630s?

   • William Laud
   • John Whitgift
   • Richard Neile
   • Thomas Cranmer

7. Which traditionally coastal tax did Charles I controversially extend to inland counties in 1635?

   • Ship Money
   • Forced Loan
   • Tonnage and Poundage
   • Coat and Conduct

8. Which 1638 Scottish document rejected Charles I's new Prayer Book?

   • The National Covenant
   • Solemn League
   • Grand Remonstrance
   • Petition of Right

9. Which June 1639 agreement brought an end to the First Bishops' War?

   • Solemn League
   • Treaty of Ripon
   • Nineteen Propositions
   • Pacification of Berwick

10. How long did the Short Parliament of April 1640 last before it was dissolved?

    • About three weeks
    • About three months
    • About one week
    • About one year

11. Which 1641 Act required Parliament to be called at least once every three years?

    • The Septennial Act
    • The Triennial Act
    • The Exclusion Bill
    • The Militia Bill

12. How was Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, executed in May 1641?

    • Impeachment trial
    • Royal decree
    • Military tribunal
    • Act of Attainder

13. Which November 1641 document listed Parliament's grievances against Charles I's government?

    • Nineteen Propositions
    • Petition of Right
    • The Grand Remonstrance
    • Heads of Proposals

14. Which prominent MP led the five members Charles I attempted to arrest in January 1642?

    • Oliver Cromwell
    • Edward Hyde
    • John Pym
    • Thomas Fairfax

15. Which October 1641 event raised intense anti-Catholic panic across England?

    • Bishops' War
    • Flight of Earls
    • The Irish Rebellion
    • Siege of Londonderry

16. Who did Charles I fight against during the Bishops' Wars of 1639 and 1640?

    • Irish Catholics
    • French Huguenots
    • English Puritans
    • Scottish Covenanters

17. Who was the leading parliamentary radical in the Long Parliament, who organised opposition to Charles I?

    • John Pym
    • Oliver Cromwell
    • John Lilburne
    • Thomas Fairfax

18. Which controversial prerogative tax helped fund Charles I's Personal Rule without Parliament?

    • Tonnage and Poundage
    • Benevolences
    • Coat and Conduct
    • Ship Money

19. Which prerogative court was widely hated for enforcing Charles I's financial policies?

    • Star Chamber
    • High Admiralty
    • King's Bench
    • Common Pleas

20. Which June 1642 demands presented by Parliament to Charles I made civil war almost inevitable?

    • Nineteen Propositions
    • Petition of Right
    • Heads of Proposals
    • Grand Remonstrance

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