History Quiz 3

  

History Quiz #3

1. Who wrote Villette?

a) Anne Bronte

b) Emily Bronte

c) Jane Austen

d) Charlotte Bronte

2. Which poet was referred to as ‘Mad, bad, and dangerous to know’?

a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson

b) Robert Burns

c) Percy Bysshe Shelley

d) George Gordon, Lord Byron

3. The brother of the Bronte sisters was named:

a) George

b) Dean

c) Branwell

d) Bramwell

4. Jane Austen reluctantly dedicated one of her novels to the Prince Regent, was it:

a) Pride and Prejudice

b) Emma

c) Persuasion

d) Sense and Sensibility

5. Who lived at Carlton House from 1783 to 1826?

a) The Prince Regent

b) Charles I

c) Elizabeth I

d) Jane Austen

6. What year was Buckingham House built?

a) 1711

b) 1703

c) 1800

d) 1901

7. What is the wife of a Marquess called?

a) Marquessa

b) Marchioness

c) Marquis

d) Countess

8. How should you address the Queen?

a) Your Royal Highness

b) Your Highness

c) Your Majesty

d) Your Royal Majesty

9. Who was Henry VIII’s third wife?

a) Anne Boleyn

b) Jane Seymour

c) Anne of Cleves

d) Katherine Howard

10. Who is the longest reigning British Monarch?

a) Queen Victoria

b) George III

c) Elizabeth I

d) Elizabeth II

11. When Prince Charles ascends the throne, he will be:

a) Charles I

b) Charles II

c) Charles III

d) Charles IV

12. William Shakespeare’s wife was named:

a) Anna Karenina

b) Ann Stornoway

c) Anne Hathaway

d) Anne Boleyn

13. How many plays did Shakespeare write?

a) 25

b) 28

c) 35

d) 38

14. Henry VIII had an older brother named Arthur:

a) True

b) False

15. As well as being a playwright, William Shakespeare was also an actor:

a) True

b) False

16. Charles Dickens was born in what year?

a) 1812

b) 1822

c) 1872

d) 1892

17. Sherlock Holmes was a real person:

a) True

b) False

18. George Orwell was:

a) Scottish

b) Welsh

c) American

d) English

19. Who was George Eliot?

a) An English novelist

b) A Pirate

c) A war hero

d) An actor

20. George Eliot’s real name was:

a) Susanna Rycliffe

b) Elizabeth Holmes

c) Anna Jordan

d) Mary Ann Evans

Answers. 1.d. 2.d. 3.c. 4.b. 5.a. 6.b. 7.b. 8.c. 9.b. 10.d. 11.c. 12.c. 13.d. 14.a. 15.a. 16.a. 17.a. 18.d. 19.a. 20.d