A. the growing authority of the Pope over domestic English affairs
B. the expansion of England’s colonial possessions
C. the rise in the power and confidence of the aristocracy
D. the countering of feudal power structures by a stronger central authority
Related Mcqs:
- Elizabeth’s reign was longer than that of any other Tudor. When she died at the age of 69 in 1603, how many years had she reigned ?
A. 35
B. 40
C. 45
D. 50 - The annals of Massachusetts Bay will inform us, that of six governors, in the space of about forty years from the surrender of the old charter, under James II., two were imprisoned by a popular insurrection – a third, as Hutchinson inclines to believe, was driven from the province by the whizzing of a musket ball – a fourth, in the opinion of the same historian, was hastened to his grave by continual bickerings with the house of representatives – and the remaining two, as well as their successors, till the Revolution, were favored with few and brief intervals of peaceful sway. What is an “insurrection” ?
A. An act or instance of beginning
B. An of revolting against civil authority
C. The state of one risen from the dead
D. The condition of being stopped - “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?
A. Samson Occcum
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. Mayflower Compact - Which royal dynasty was established in the resolution of the so-called War of the Roses and continued through the reign of Elizabeth I ?
A. Tudor
B. Windsor
C. York
D. Lancaster - From which of the following Italian texts might Tudor courtiers have learned the art of intrigue and the keys to gaining and keeping power ?
A. Castiglione’s \The Courtier\
B. Dante’s \Divine Comedy\
C. Boccaccio’s \Decameron\
D. Machiavelli’s \The Prince\ - In the play, “Henry V,” what country does Henry wish to conquer ?
A. England
B. Spain
C. France
D. Denmark - In the play, “Henry V,” who is the close friend and mentor of young Henry ?
A. Montjoy
B. Horatio
C. Falstaff
D. Nim - Who introduced the Italian sonnet to the British Isles during the reign of King Henry VIII ?
A. Thomas Wyatt
B. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
C. John Donne
D. Both A and B - Who was the first Tudor King ?
A. Henry VIII
B. Henry VII
C. George III
D. James I - In whose reign Morality plays began ?
A. Henry five
B. Elizabeth one
C. Henry six
D. Henry eight
