Lesson Y7-U06-L02

Henry VIII's Break with Rome Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 6

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U06-L02, Henry VIII's Break with Rome: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 6: Year 7: The Tudors, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What did Henry VIII want the Pope to grant him in the 1520s?

    • A papal pardon
    • A crusade
    • A divorce
    • An annulment

  2. Why did the Pope refuse to annul Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine?

    • Feared the English navy
    • Disliked Anne Boleyn
    • Controlled by Charles V
    • Banned by scripture

  3. Which 1534 law made Henry VIII Supreme Head of the Church of England?

    • Treason Act
    • Act of Appeals
    • Act of Supremacy
    • Act of Uniformity

  4. Which minister used Parliament to pass the laws that broke England away from Rome?

    • Thomas Cranmer
    • Thomas Cromwell
    • Cardinal Wolsey
    • Thomas More

  5. What is the legal definition of an annulment?

    • Church excommunication
    • Royal separation
    • Ending a valid marriage
    • Never legally valid

  6. What was a medieval English monastery?

    • Military fortress
    • Monastic community
    • Village parish church
    • Royal palace

  7. What does 'dissolution of the monasteries' mean?

    • Converting to cathedrals
    • Expelling foreign monks
    • Repairing old buildings
    • Closing and seizing wealth

  8. Roughly how many monasteries and convents were there in England around 1530?

    • About 80,000
    • About 8,000
    • About 800
    • About 80

  9. Roughly what share of England's land did the Church and monasteries own before the dissolution?

    • About a quarter
    • About a half
    • About a tenth
    • About nine-tenths

  10. Which queen was Henry VIII married to before he married Anne Boleyn?

    • Catherine Howard
    • Catherine of Aragon
    • Jane Seymour
    • Anne of Cleves

  11. Under the 1533 Act in Restraint of Appeals, where must English court cases be heard?

    • In Rome
    • In England
    • In Paris
    • In Brussels

  12. Which 1534 law made it treason to deny the king's headship?

    • Act of Supremacy
    • Treason Act
    • Bloody Code
    • Heresy Act

  13. In 1534, how much did ordinary English church services change?

    • Latin was banned
    • Bibles removed
    • Very little
    • Protestant services introduced

  14. What vital services did medieval monasteries provide for local communities?

    • Schools and charity
    • Tax collection
    • Royal courts
    • Military defence

  15. What was the main financial motive for closing the monasteries?

    • To fund a crusade
    • To build new palaces
    • Crown was broke
    • To pay foreign debts

  16. Why might inspector Richard Layton's reports on monasteries be biased?

    • He was a monk
    • Unable to read
    • Sent to find scandals
    • Paid by the Pope

  17. What was Robert Aske defending during the 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace?

    • Higher taxes
    • The Pope's authority
    • The monasteries
    • Enclosure of land

  18. Why did selling monastery land to nobles make the Reformation permanent?

    • The Pope bought it
    • It funded the navy
    • Nobles resisted return
    • Peasants supported it

  19. Why could Mary I restore the Pope's power but not the sold monastery land?

    • Land was privately owned
    • Parliament banned land sales
    • The Pope refused land
    • Monks stopped farming

  20. Why was the break with Rome carried out through Acts of Parliament?

    • To hide the changes
    • To avoid paying taxes
    • To please the Pope
    • To make laws permanent

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