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The Gunpowder Plot 0001

Level of Difficulty: Mixed
1. In which year did the plot take place?
[ ] 1603
[ ] 1605
[ ] 1607
[ ] 1609
2. The plot was an attempt to kill which English king?
[ ] Charles I
[ ] Charles II
[ ] James I
[ ] James II
3. Which state occasion was being held at the time of the
plot?
[ ] The King's coronation
[ ] The King's wedding
[ ] The State Opening of Parliament
[ ] The Trooping of the Colour
4. Who was the leader of the conspirators?
[ ] Robert Catesby
[ ] Thomas Percy
[ ] Francis Tresham
[ ] John Wright
5. The best-remembered conspirator, Guy Fawkes, enlisted
in the army of which country in 1593?
[ ] Austria
[ ] France
[ ] The Netherlands
[ ] Spain
6. Which identity did Fawkes assume for the purposes of
the plot?
[ ] David Davidson
[ ] John Johnson
[ ] Robert Robertson
[ ] Thomas Thompson
7. What was the name of the influential English Jesuit who
was executed for his part in the plot?
[ ] Henry Gardner
[ ] Henry Garfield
[ ] Henry Garnet
[ ] Henry Garrett
8. Which Thomas Hardy novel opens on the evening of
Guy Fawkes Night?
[ ] Far from the Madding Crowd
[ ] Jude the Obscure
[ ] The Return of the Native
[ ] Under the Greenwood Tree
9. Before the assassination attempt the plotters had hidden
the gunpowder in Robert Catesby's house, in which area
of London?
[ ] Chelsea
[ ] Islington
[ ] Lambeth
[ ] Wapping
10. Which historian published the book Faith and Treason:
The Gunpowder Plot in 1996?
[ ] Antonia Fraser
[ ] Pauline Gregg
[ ] Judith Herrin
[ ] Frances Lannon
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The Gunpowder Plot 0001 - Answers
Level of Difficulty: Mixed
1. In which year did the plot take place?
[ ] 1603
[ x ] 1605
[ ] 1607
[ ] 1609
2. The plot was an attempt to kill which English king?
[ ] Charles I
[ ] Charles II
[ x ] James I
[ ] James II
The plotters also planned to abduct the royal children
3. Which state occasion was being held at the time of the
plot?
[ ] The King's coronation
[ ] The King's wedding
[ x ] The State Opening of Parliament
[ ] The Trooping of the Colour
4. Who was the leader of the conspirators?
[ x ] Robert Catesby
[ ] Thomas Percy
[ ] Francis Tresham
[ ] John Wright
He'd previously been involved in a failed attempt to
oust Elizabeth I
5. The best-remembered conspirator, Guy Fawkes, enlisted
in the army of which country in 1593?
[ ] Austria
[ ] France
[ ] The Netherlands
[ x ] Spain
His military service gave him experience of explosives
6. Which identity did Fawkes assume for the purposes of
the plot?
[ ] David Davidson
[ x ] John Johnson
[ ] Robert Robertson
[ ] Thomas Thompson
Johnson was servant to Fawkes's co-conspirator
Thomas Percy
7. What was the name of the influential English Jesuit who
was executed for his part in the plot?
[ ] Henry Gardner
[ ] Henry Garfield
[ x ] Henry Garnet
[ ] Henry Garrett
8. Which Thomas Hardy novel opens on the evening of
Guy Fawkes Night?
[ ] Far from the Madding Crowd
[ ] Jude the Obscure
[ x ] The Return of the Native
[ ] Under the Greenwood Tree
9. Before the assassination attempt the plotters had hidden
the gunpowder in Robert Catesby's house, in which area
of London?
[ ] Chelsea
[ ] Islington
[ x ] Lambeth
[ ] Wapping
10. Which historian published the book Faith and Treason:
The Gunpowder Plot in 1996?
[ x ] Antonia Fraser
[ ] Pauline Gregg
[ ] Judith Herrin
[ ] Frances Lannon
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