QUESTIONS

CHAPTER I. ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE SEVENTH

1.  What was the chief merit of King Henry VII?

2.  Who did the King marry?

3.  What was that reign remarkable for?

4.  Why did Simons declare Lambert Simnel to be the young Earl of Warwick?

5.  Who supported that pretended Earl of Warwick?

6.  Who declared himself to be Richard, Duke of York, the second son of King Edward IV?

7.  Why was that pretender supported by the French king?

8.  What did Henry's agents find out about the pretender?

9.  Why did James IV of Scotland welcome Warbeck?

10.  What rising took place in Cornwall?

11.  Why did Warbeck loose his Scottish refuge?

12.  What lady was called the White Rose?

13.  What was the end of the pretended Duke of York?

14.  What happened to Prince Arthur?

15.  How did Catherine become Prince Henry's wife?

16.  What famous expedition was fitted out in that reign?

CHAPTER II. ENGLAND UNDER HENRY THE EIGHTH

1.  What was promised to those who bought Indulgences?

2.  What did Luther tell the people about Indulgences?

3.  Why did Henry VIII get the title of Defender of the Faith?

4.  Was Queen Catherine good-tempered?

5.  What did Queen Catherine say on the opening of the court of the Cardinals?

6.  Where did the Pope suggest Henry VIII and his Queen to come?

7.  What made the King send for Cranmer?

8.  In what way did Henry VIII recompense the clergy when he made himself the head of the English Church?

9.  How many daughters had King Henry VIII?

10.  What was the most atrocious feature of Henry's reign?

11.  What offence did John Fisher commit?

12.  Was Sir Thomas More a painter?

13.  Why was Sir Thomas More doomed to death?

14.  How long did it take to destroy monasteries and abbeys in England?

15.  What caused great risings in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire?

16.  Was Jane Seymour beheaded?

17.  What is Miles Coverdale famous for?

18.  Why was Countess of Salisbury beheaded?

19.  What was called "the whip with six strings"?

20.  What did Protestants protest against?

CHAPTER III. ENGLAND UNDER EDWARD THE SIXTH

1. What council was appointed in accordance with Henry the Eighth's will?

2.  Who became the uncrowned king of the realm?

3.  Was Edward a Protestant?

4.  What religion was making progress in that reign?

5.  How many Catholics were burnt in England in the reign of King Edward VI?

6.  Why did Protector want to marry Edward to Mary Queen of Scots?

7.  What do you know about the battle of Pinkey?

8.  Who did Seymour supply with money to strengthen his power?

9.  Where was Seymour confined in?

10.  What was the great social problem England faced with?

11.  What caused the general distress among peasants?

12.  When did the rising led by Robert Ket take place?

13.  Who sent Somerset to the Tower?

14.  Why was Somerset to be executed secretly?

15.  What perspective troubled the minds of good Protestants?

16.  Who could be regarded as a heir to the throne?

17.  In what way was Northumberland related to Lady Jane Grey?

18.  How long did Jane reign?

19.  What happened to England after Edward's death?

CHAPTER IV. ENGLAND UNDER MARY THE FIRST

1.  Was Lady Jane Grey happy to become Queen?

2.  How old was Mary when she was crowned?

3.  What did Protestants do to avoid the risk of being arrested?

4.  Who did the Queen choose to be her husband?

5.  Why did people detest the marriage?

6.  What happened in Kent?

7.  Why was Lady Jane Grey beheaded within the Tower?

8.  Why did Mary want to lay hold of her sister Elizabeth?

9.  How was Elizabeth sent to the Tower?

10.  Who was Elizabeth's greatest enemy?

11.  Who did the Parliament consist of?

12.  How was England made Roman Catholic again?

13.  What was opened for the trial of heretics?

14.  Were Queen and King aware of the cruelties of Cardiner and Bonner?

15.  Who was made Archbishop of Canterbury in Cranmer's place?

16.  Was Philip in love with Queen Mary?

17.  What war was declared?

18.  Were the English victorious?

19.  What did Mary die of?

20.  Why has Mary become famous as Bloody Queen? CHAPTER V. ENGLAND UNDER ELIZABETH THE FIRST

1.  How old was Elizabeth when she became Queen?

2.  Was she beautiful?

3.  Was she like her father?

4.  What petition was presented to Elizabeth after her coronation?

5.  Why was a Church Service in plain English settled?

6.  Was the Pope strongly opposed to Elizabeth?

7.  Who did the Pope consider to be the rightful Queen of England?

8.  What caused France to send troops over to Scotland?

9.  Why did Mary Queen of Scots make a solemn pledge to set up the Romish religion in Scotland?

10.  Was Elizabeth married?

11.  Who was the head of the Protestant party in Scotland?

12.  How was Darnley murdered?

13.  Where did Bothwell die?

14.  Why was Mary sent to Lochleven?

15.  How many attempts did she make to escape?

16.  What did the little Douglas do?

17.  Why did Mary fly to England?

18.  When did Mary Queen of Scots come to England?

19.  What did Elizabeth tell her?

20.  Why was Mary detained in England?

21.  Who charged Mary with the murder of her second husband?

22.  Who decided to marry Queen Mary?

23.  What events followed Mary's coming to England?

24.  Why was the Duke of Norfolk beheaded?

25.  What laws were made by the Parliament?

26.  What great sects of religious people were there in England?

27.  What strengthened the Protestant feeling in England?

28.  When did the Massacre of Saint Bartholemew take place?

29.  What priests were busy in England?

30.  Why were the people afraid of the Jesuits?

31.  Were there any plots for the destruction of Queen Elizabeth?

32.  Why was Mary Queen of Scots sentenced to death?

33.  How long did her trial last?

34.  What entreaties did Mary make in her last letter to Queen Elizabeth?

35.  How did Mary spend her last night?

36.  What did Elizabeth do when she knew that the sentence had been executed on Mary Queen of Scots?

37.  Who was making great preparations to punish Protestant England?

38.  What did Admiral Drake undertake?

39.  In what way was England making ready to resist the Spaniards?

40.  What was called the Invincible Armada?

41.  What happened to the Invincible Armada?

42.  Why did Sir Walter Raleigh sail to South America?

43.  What is monopoly?

44.  How did the Earl of Essex get in danger of complete ruin?

45.  Who would Elizabeth have for her successor?

46.  How many years did Elizabeth's reign last?

47.  Was it a glorious reign?

CHAPTER V. ENGLAND UNDER JAMES THE FIRST

1.  Why did James I wear thick padded clothes?

2.  Was James a great boaster?

3.  What did he think about the rights of a king?

4.  What made Cathohcs and Puritans unite against the King?

5.  What do you know about Arabella Stuart?

6.  What happened to Sir Walter Raleigh?

7.  What opinion had the King of his Parliament?

8.  How many children had the King?

9.  What laws did the Parliament revive?

10.  What do you know about the Gunpowder Plot?

11.  Who was the bravest among the plotters?

12.  Which day was fixed for the explosion?

13.  Why was the explosion postponed?

14.  How many barrels of gunpowder did the plotters bring to the cellar under the House of Lords?

15.  How was Guy Fawkes arrested?

16.  When was he arrested?

17.  What did Fawkes say when he was found in the cellar?

18.  Were all the conspirators heroic?

19.  What was the result of the Gunpowder Plot?

20.  Why did the King quarrel with his Parliament?

21.  Why did Prince Henry die?

22.  Who became the heir to the throne after Prince Henry's death?

23.  Why was Walter Raleigh set free?

24.  Was Raleigh's expedition a success?

25.  How did Prince Charles marry the French king's sister?

CHAPTER VI. ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES THE FIRST

1.  Was Charles I like his father?

2.  How did the English receive their new Queen?

3.  Why did they soon come to dislike Henrietta Maria?

4.  What idea was enough to ruin any king?

5.  How did the trouble between the King and his Parliament begin?

6.  What duties were levied by the King?

7.  What did people feel?

8.  What was said in the Petition of Right?

9.  Who was called "Vipers"?

10.  How long did Charles I reign in England unlawfully?

11.  In what way did he violate the law of the country?

12.  Who refused to pay his part of the Ship Money?

13.  Who was the best opponent of the Ship Money?

14.  How did Hampden become the most popular man in England?

15.  What was the Covenant formed for?

16.  When did the Short Parliament meet?

17.  How did they get that name?

18.  When did the Long Parliament assemble?

19.  Who impeached the Earl of Stafford as a traitor?

20.  How did they call those who had been concerned in raising money from the people in an unlawful manner?

21.  What rebellion took place in Ireland?

22.  What paper was put forth by Pym, Hampden and some others?

23.  What was the rashest step the King took?

24.  How did the war start?

25.  What laws were called Ordinances?

26.  Whose men were the best soldiers?

27.  How long did the civil war last?

28.  Which army had better generals?

29.  What was the difference between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers?

30.  Who won the battle at Edgehill?

31.  Did the King capture his capital?

32.  Who did better in 1642-43?

33.  What happened in 1644?

34.  When did the battle at Marston Moor take place?

35.  Where did Charles I surrender to his enemies?

36.  Why did Cromwell start to discuss treaties of peace between the two parties?

37.  Could the King be trusted?

38.  What do historians suppose?

39.  What secret treaties did the King try to enter?

40.  What happened when the Parhament had got the King into their hands?

41.  Why did the Parhament propose to disband the greater part of their army?

42.  How did Cromwell learn that Charles I could not be trusted?

43.  What was the most remarkable event of the second civil

War?

44.  How long did the second civil war last?

45.  What made the House of Commons proclaim themselves the supreme government of the country?

46.  When did the King's trial begin?

47.  Where did it take place?

48.  Why did the King deny the authority of the Court?

49.  Who was brought to StJames's to take leave of Charles I?

50.  Who tried to intercede for the King?

51.  When was Charles I beheaded?

CHAPTER VII. ENGLAND UNDER OLIVER CROMWELL

1.  What was appointed to govern the country?

2.  How big was the army then?

3.  What did Montrose do to help Charles II?

4.  Why did Cromwell go from Ireland to Scotland?

5.  Who laid Ireland at the feet of the Parhament?

6.  When was Charles II crowned the King of Scotland?

7.  Why did many people take a romantic interest in Charles II?

8.  How did Charles get from Worcester to Trent?

9.  How did he come to France?

10.  What trouble emerged in 1651?

11.  What did a great broom tied to the masthead symbolize?

12.  Was the army satisfied with the way the Parliament governed the nation?

13.  What did Cromwell form?

14.  How was Cromwell made the supreme authority of the country?

15.  What title did he get?

16.  What was promised in the paper called "The Instrument"?

17.  Who could become a member of the Parliament summoned by Cromwell?

18.  Was Cromwell a wise and powerful ruler?

19.  Can you give an example of his foreign triumphs?

20.  How did Cromwell struggle with Spain?

21.  What treaty did he make with France?

22.  Were there any plots against Cromwell?

23.  Did Cromwell want to become a King?

24.  Was he a loving father?

25.  Was Richard Cromwell fit for the post of Lord Protector?

26.  Why was it agreed to welcome Charles Stuart as the ruler of the country?

27.  When did Charles II come to London?

CHAPTER VIII. ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES THE SECOND

1.  Who was prevented from holding any office under any corporation?

2.  In what way was Charles II related to his principal minister?

3.  What desease burst out in England in 1665?

4.  What did the cross marking the door mean?

5.  When did the Great Fire of London begin?

6.  How many houses and churches were ruined by the fire?

7.  In what way did the city change after the Great Fire?

8.  Was that fire accidental?

9.  How did the Cabal Ministry get its name?

10.  What was the essence of a secret treaty between Charles II and the French king?

11.  Who married the elder daughter of the Duke of York?

12.  What events preceeded that marriage?

13.  What was the great object of the Protestants in the Parliaments?

14.  Why was Titus Oates called the Saver of the Nation?

15.  Why was the public mind so strong against the Duke of York?

16.  What did the King do after the Parliament had passed a bill to exclude the Duke of York from succeeding to the throne?

17.  Why were the Covenanters punished severely?

18.  What made the Duke of Monmouth more popular?

19.  What dreams had the Duke of Monmouth?

20.  How did Charles II manifest his despotism?

21.  Was the Duke of Monmouth plotting against his father?

22.  What made the Duke of York very jealous?

23.  Did King Charles II die a Protestant?

CHAPTER DC ENGLAND UNDER JAMES THE SECOND

1.  What was the difference between Charles II and James II?

2.  What was the main object of the King's reign?

3.  How was Oates punished?

4.  Why did Argyle land in Scotland?

5.  Was his landing a success?

6.  What did Monmouth accuse his uncle of?

7.  Did Monmouth make a lot of powerful friends?

8.  How was Monmouth seized?

9.  What followed the rebellion?

10.  Why was any hangman called Jack Ketch?

11.  Why did the King try to get rid of the Test Act?

12.  What did he do to change the religion of the country?

13.  Did anybody try to oppose the King's attempts to do away with Protestantism?

14.  How many bishops were prosecuted in the Court of King's Bench?

15.  What alarmed the King greatly?

16.  Why was the Prince of Orange invited over to England?

17.  When did the Prince's fleet anchor at Torbay in Devonshire?

18.  When did James II get away to France?

19.  Did William of Orange want to seize him?

20.  How did William and Mary become King and Queen?