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The Great Fire Of London
Solution
Q.1.
How many people are recorded as dying in the fire?
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Fewer than 10
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Between 50 and 500
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1,000
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5,000
Q.2.
The Monument erected to commemorate the fire was also originally intended to be used as a what?
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Telescope
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Dovecote
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Place of pilgrimage
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Pulpit
Q.3.
When told of the risk the fire posed, the Lord Mayor at the time, Thomas Bloodworth, is noted as having replied with words to the effect of ...?
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Pah! A woman might pee it out
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My word, the King will have me hanged!
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Fetch me my horse, I must reassure the townsfolk to avert panic?
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Doesn’t everyone know it is dangerous to play with matches?
Q.4.
Thomas Farriner was the property owner on whose premises the fire first broke out. What was he?
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A butcher
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A baker
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A candlestick maker
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A fisherman
Q.5.
At the time many people thought the fire had been started deliberately. Who did they blame?
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Wayward teenagers
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A local witch
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God - the fire was a sign of his wrath
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Catholics
Q.6.
Samuel Pepys, the famous London diarist who lived through the fire, is said to have buried what for safekeeping?
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His diaries
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His stamp collection
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His gold coins
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His wine and cheese
Q.7.
In which street did the fire start?
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Pudding Lane
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Bread Street
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Milk Street
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Honey Lane
Q.8.
The Great Fire of London broke out in September of which year?
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1066
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1666
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1696
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1966
Q.9.
At Pye Corner what marks the spot where the fire is said to have been stopped?
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A tombstone with the names of those listed as having died
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A large statue of Jesus
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A statue of a golden boy
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A symbolic water pump
Q.10.
Roughly what proportion of London was destroyed by the fire?
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A quarter
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A third
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A half
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Nine-tenths
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