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Religious Persecutions Quiz

Not a very nice subject, but I do hope you enjoy testing your knowledge in the religious persecutions and executions of the Tudor era.

Religious Persecutions and Executions

Q1) Between 1535 and 1536 eighteen monks were executed for refusing to accept Henry VIII as supreme head of the church in England. Which order were they from?

Franciscan

Dominican

Benedictine

Carthusian

Q2) In what year was Anne Askew, the Protestant martyr, burned at the stake for heresy?

1546

1543

1544

1537

Q3) Joan Bocher was burned at the stake in Edward VI's reign for her ...... beliefs

Lollard

Catholic

Anabaptist

Lutheran

Q4) Who was the first Protestant martyr of Mary I's reign?

Rowland Taylor

John Hooper

Lawrence Saunders

John Rogers

Q5) Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley and Thomas Cranmer are called "The ..... Martyrs".

Oxford

Canterbury

Windsor

Dartford

Q6) What event in February 1570 led to Elizabeth I's government taking steps against Catholicism in England?

The Rising of the North

The Ridolfi Plot

The Babington Plot

The excommunication of Elizabeth I

Q7) Where was Reformer and Bible translator William Tyndale executed in 1536?

Antwerp

Vilvoorde

Brussels

London

Q8) Which place in London was the location of many of the burnings of Mary I's reign?

Tyburn

Cheapside

Smithfield

Tower Hill

Q9) Elizabeth Barton, the Holy Maid of Kent and a Benedictine nun, was executed on 20 April 1534 after she had prophesied against the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. How was she killed?

She was beheaded.

She was boiled.

She was burned at the stake.

She was hanged.

Q10) Which martyr said that s/he would put his/her hand in the flame first to punish it for signing his/her recantation?

Thomas Cranmer

William Tyndale

Anne Askew

Hugh Latimer

Q11) Pilgrimage of Grace leader Robert Aske was executed by being hanged in chains in July 1537. What was his occupation?

Mercer

Blacksmith

Goldsmith

Lawyer

Q12) Catholic martyr Margaret Clitherow was pressed to death in which English city?

Canterbury

York

Bristol

Oxford

Q13) Protestant martyr John Lascelles was executed in July 1546 with Anne Askew, but whose downfall had he been involved in by providing evidence to the Crown?

Anne Boleyn

Thomas Cromwell

Catherine Howard

Cardinal Wolsey

Q14) Catholic John Fisher, who was executed in 1535 for denying Henry VIII's supremacy, was Bishop of which city?

Winchester

Rochester

London

Worcester

There are 3 comments Go To Comment

  1. M

    I love these quizzes. I’m terrible at most of them, so it really brings out my need to read more. I’m not that great at American history either 🙂

  2. P

    got to work a little harder – love the quiz idea

  3. r

    these quizzes are a lot of fun and very informative- great way to keep on learning-
    I am really enjoying the Tudor Society- Claire you have done a fabulous job!!
    I live in New York, USA and have always been fascinated with the Tudors.
    Thanks so much.
    Ricki Mitchell

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Religious Persecutions Quiz