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Chapter One English Histiory I. Choose the Correct Answer from Each of the Following. 1. In the year 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England from France, defeating the Saxon king Harold at C . A. the Battle of Crecy C. the Battle of Hastings B. the Battle of Agincourt D. the Battle of Waterloo 2. One of the following did not take place during the Middle Ages. It was D . A. the Norman Conquest C. the Hundred Years War B. the Crusades D. the “Gunpowder Plot” 3. The most famous of the English Crusaders was the Norman king, A . A. Richard Lion-Heart C. King Arthur B. King John D. Alfred the Great 4. For much of the Middle Ages, Britain was ruled by a (n) B aristocracy. A. English-speaking C. German-speaking B. French-speaking D. Gaelic-speaking 5. In England, the Protestant Reformation began with B . A. King John C. Queen Elizabeth B. Henry VIII D. Bloody Mary 6. Shakespeare lived in the period of C . A. the Middle Ages C. the Elizabethan age B. the Victorian age D. the Industrial Revolution 7. The defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navy took place during C . A. the Middle Ages C. the Elizabethan age B. the “grab for Africa” D. the Victorian age 8. The “Gunpowder Plot” took place in the reign of A . A. James I C. Henry VIII B. Elizabeth I D. Charles I 9. The king who believed the “Divine Right” to govern, and who was condemned to death during the English Civil War was C . A. Henry VIII C. Charles I B. James I D. James II 10. During the whole of the eighteenth century, England’s great enemy was B . A. Spain C. America B. France D. Germany 11. One of the following did not take place during the eighteenth century in British history. It was D . A. great victories over France C. the loss of her American colonies B. the Industrial Revolution D. the founding