Quiz  /  Kings and Emperors (Part II) Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who was the first Roman emperor?

  • Julius Caesar
  • Augustus
  • Constantine
  • Marcus Aurelius

  • 2. 
    Which of these kings has an epithet that is derived from a word meaning “bad counsel”?

  • Edgar
  • Edward
  • Ethelred II
  • Aethelwulf

  • 3. 
    Who became king of England after his rival for the throne was killed in battle, reputedly shot through the eye with an arrow?

  • William I
  • Canute
  • Henry VII
  • Henry II

  • 4. 
    Which king preserved the political ties between England and Normandy that William the Conqueror had established?

  • Henry II
  • William II
  • Robert II
  • Henry I

  • 5. 
    Which king’s reign, from 1154 to 1189, was marred by his personal quarrels with Thomas Becket and his own wife and sons?

  • Henry II
  • Richard II
  • William I
  • Edward II

  • 6. 
    Which king of England led the country into the Hundred Years’ War with France?

  • Henry IV
  • Edward III
  • Richard I
  • John

  • 7. 
    What was Oliver Cromwell's title at the time he ruled England?

  • prime minister
  • emperor
  • king
  • lord protector

  • 8. 
    Which Ottoman leader captured Constantinople and expanded the empire into Anatolia and the Balkans?

  • Mehmed II
  • Abdülaziz
  • Abdülmecid II
  • Murad II

  • 9. 
    What did the emperor Shah Jahān build to immortalize his favourite wife?

  • Great Wall of China
  • Angkor Wat
  • Taj Mahal
  • Great Mosque of Eṣfahān

  • 10. 
    Who was the last of the great kings of Assyria, reigning from 668 to 627 BCE?

  • Hammurabi
  • Ramses I
  • Ashurbanipal
  • Sammu-ramat

  • 11. 
    Which medieval emperor faced a revolt of his sons at the “Field of Lies” in 833?

  • Charlemagne
  • Frederick I
  • Louis I
  • Henry IV
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