Q.1
Which of the following events took place the year before Shakespeare wrote ?
  • The Civil War
  • The Gunpowder Plot
  • The Succession Crisis
  • The Black Death
Q.2
Which invented character was claimed as an 'ancestor' for James I?
  • Duncan
  • Macduff
  • Macbeth
  • Banquo
Q.3
The ruler of England at the time was written was which of the following?
  • Scottish
  • Irish
  • German
  • French
Q.4
In which of the following is found the history of Macbeth?
  • King Lear
  • King John
  • Spenser's The Faerie Queene
  • Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Q.5
How did Mary, Queen of Scots and mother of James I of England, die?
  • In childbirth
  • In battle
  • By execution
  • Of sickness
Q.6
Which of the following was supported by James I, but defeated in Parliament?
  • Union between England and Scotland
  • The end of primogeniture, enabling eldest daughters to inherit lands and titles rather than younger sons
  • The end of primogeniture and the use of election to choose a ruler
  • A declaration of war against France
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