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p;Choose the one you think best completes the statements or answers the question.
1.The name of Wars of the Roses was, in fact, coined by the great 19th century novelist ____.
A. Charles Dickens
B. George Elliot
C. Sir Walter Scott
D. Charlotte Bronte
2. Although the Wars of the Roses were fought intermittently for ____ years, ordinary people were little affected and went about their business as usual.
A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 50
3. No less than____ nobles of royal blood were killed in the Wars of the Roses.
A. 80
B. 90
C. 100
D. 110
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Henry VII refilled the royal treasury through loans, subsidies, property levies and fines.
B. Henry VII forbade the nobles to keep excessive power.
C. Henry VII built up England's navy and foreign trade.
D. Henry VII completely neglected parliament as though it never existed.
5. Henry VIII declared himself Supreme Head of the Church of England in ____.
A. 1529
B. 1534
C. 1535
D. 1547
6. Queen Mary burnt at stake some ____men and women who refused to change
back to the Catholic faith.
A. 300
B. 350
C. 400
D. 450
7. Mary died childless and her half-sister Elizabeth came to the throne as
Elizabeth I in ____.
A. 1547
B. 1558
C. 1588
D. 1603
8. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Elizabeth I&nb
sp;broke Mary's ties with Rome.
B. Elizabeth I restored her father's independent Church of England.
C. Elizabeth I's religious reform was a compromise of views.
D. Elizabeth I's religious settlement was acceptable to both extreme
Protestants and ardent Catholics.
9. The Renaissance began in northern Italy in the early ____century, and was
typified by the universal genius of Leonardo Da Vinci.
A. 11th
B. 12th
C. 13th
D. 14th
