The Tudor Society

Edward VI – True or false quiz

Claire Ridgway

This week's Sunday quiz tests your knowledge of the third Tudor monarch, the boy-king Edward VI.

How much do you know about him? Find out with this fun quiz. Good luck!

Edward VI - True or false?

Q1) True or false: Edward was born on the Feast of St Edward?

True

False

Correct! He was born on the eve of the Feast of St Edward.
Wrong! He was born on the eve of the Feast of St Edward.

Q2) True or false: Edward was nine when he became king?

True

False

Correct! He became king on 28th January 1547.
Wrong! It's true. He became king on 28th January 1547.

Q3) True or false: Edward was helped by a regency council led by his uncle, Thomas Seymour, and then John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland?

True

False

Correct! The council was led by Edward Seymour, not Thomas.
Wrong! The council was led by Edward Seymour, not Thomas.

Q4) True or false: Edward was born at Hampton Court Palace?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

Q5) True or false: His half-sister Mary was his godmother?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

Q6) True or false: At the age of four, he came down with smallpox?

True

False

Correct! He came down with quartan fever (malaria) when he was 4. He caught smallpox and measles much later.
Wrong! He came down with quartan fever (malaria) when he was 4. He caught smallpox and measles much later.

Q7) True or false: The Rough Wooing was a war caused by Edward's father, Henry VIII, wanting Edward to marry Mary, Queen of Scots?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

Q8) True or false: Edward VI's principal secretaries were William Cecil and John Cheke?

True

False

Correct! They were William Cecil and William Petre.
Wrong! They were William Cecil and William Petre.

Q9) True or false: In 1551, Edward became betrothed to Elisabeth of Valois?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

Q10) True or false: Archbishop Cranmer described Edward as a second "Jeremiah"?

True

False

Correct! He called him a second Josiah.
Wrong! He called him a second Josiah.

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