Which English king is considered the founder of the Plantagenet Dynasty?
a) Edward I
b) Henry II
c) Richard the Lionheart
d) William the Conqueror
Answer: b) Henry II
The Plantagenet Dynasty ruled England from the ______ to the ______ centuries.
a) 10th to 12th
b) 11th to 14th
c) 12th to 15th
d) 13th to 16th
Answer: c) 12th to 15th
Which Plantagenet king was known for his involvement in the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215?
a) Henry II
b) Richard I
c) John
d) Edward III
Answer: c) John
The War of the Roses was a conflict between two branches of the Plantagenet family: the House of ______ and the House of ______.
a) Lancaster / York
b) Tudor / Stuart
c) York / Lancaster
d) Stuart / Tudor
Answer: c) York / Lancaster
Which Plantagenet king is known for his victory at the Battle of Agincourt during the Hundred Years’ War?
a) Edward III
b) Henry II
c) Richard III
d) Henry V
Answer: d) Henry V
Who was the last Plantagenet king of England?
a) Henry VI
b) Edward IV
c) Richard III
d) Richard II
Answer: c) Richard III
The term “Plantagenet” is said to have originated from the nickname of which king?
a) Henry II
b) Richard I
c) Edward III
d) Henry V
Answer: a) Henry II
Which Plantagenet king is known for his role in the murder of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury?
a) Edward I
b) Henry II
c) Richard III
d) John
Answer: b) Henry II
The House of Plantagenet originated from which country?
a) France
b) Spain
c) England
d) Germany
Answer: a) France
The reign of which Plantagenet king saw the signing of the Model Parliament in 1295?
a) Henry II
b) Edward I
c) Richard III
d) Henry VII
Answer: b) Edward I
Which Plantagenet king was known as “Cœur de Lion” and participated in the Third Crusade?
a) Edward II
b) Richard I
c) Henry IV
d) Edward III
Answer: b) Richard I
The House of Plantagenet ruled England for approximately how many years?
a) 100 years
b) 200 years
c) 300 years
d) 400 years
Answer: b) 200 years
The marriage of which Plantagenet monarch to Eleanor of Aquitaine significantly expanded the dynasty’s territories?
a) Henry II
b) Richard III
c) Edward III
d) John
Answer: a) Henry II
The Plantagenet Dynasty was succeeded by which royal house in England?
a) Tudor
b) Stuart
c) Hanover
d) Windsor
Answer: a) Tudor
Which Plantagenet king was known for his involvement in the signing of the Treaty of Windsor with Portugal?
a) Edward III
b) Richard II
c) Henry VI
d) Edward II
Answer: a) Edward III
The Plantagenet Dynasty is often associated with which major conflict between England and France?
a) War of the Roses
b) Hundred Years’ War
c) Wars of the Scottish Independence
d) War of the Castilian Succession
Answer: b) Hundred Years’ War
Which Plantagenet king was deposed in favor of his cousin, Henry IV, leading to the start of the Lancastrian Dynasty?
a) Edward II
b) Edward III
c) Richard II
d) Henry VI
Answer: c) Richard II
Who is often depicted with a curved staff of broom plant in reference to the Plantagenet name?
a) Edward I
b) Richard I
c) Henry II
d) John
Answer: b) Richard I
The famous “White Ship” disaster in 1120 resulted in the death of the heir of which Plantagenet king?
a) Henry II
b) Stephen
c) Richard the Lionheart
d) Henry I
Answer: d) Henry I
The Anarchy, a period of civil war and chaos, occurred during the reign of which Plantagenet king?
a) Richard I
b) Henry II
c) Stephen
d) Edward I
Answer: c) Stephen
The Plantagenet Dynasty inherited the English crown from which previous dynasty?
a) Norman
b) Wessex
c) Tudor
d) Viking
Answer: a) Norman
Which Plantagenet king was known for his support of the arts and his patronage of troubadours?
a) Edward II
b) Richard the Lionheart
c) Henry II
d) Edward III
Answer: b) Richard the Lionheart
The “Black Prince” was a nickname for which Plantagenet prince?
a) Edward I
b) Edward II
c) Edward III
d) Richard II
Answer: c) Edward III
Which Plantagenet king was the father of Henry VI, who experienced a period of instability and civil war?
a) Henry V
b) Richard II
c) Edward IV
d) Henry IV
Answer: a) Henry V
The nickname “Longshanks” referred to which Plantagenet king’s tall stature?
a) Richard I
b) Edward I
c) Henry III
d) Henry II
Answer: b) Edward I
The Plantagenet emblem, a combination of a broom plant and a yellow lion, is known as what?
a) Tudor Rose
b) White Hart
c) Fleur-de-Lis
d) Plantagenet Y
Answer: d) Plantagenet Y
Who was the eldest son of Edward III and the father of Richard II?
a) Edward of Westminster
b) John of Gaunt
c) Henry Bolingbroke
d) Edmund of Langley
Answer: b) John of Gaunt
The nickname “Lackland” was given to which Plantagenet king due to his lack of significant territory?
a) John
b) Richard I
c) Henry III
d) Edward II
Answer: a) John
The reign of which Plantagenet king is often associated with the development of English common law?
a) Henry II
b) Richard III
c) Edward III
d) Henry IV
Answer: a) Henry II
Which Plantagenet king was responsible for the construction of the Tower of London’s White Tower?
a) Henry I
b) Henry III
c) Richard the Lionheart
d) Edward I
Answer: a) Henry I
The Plantagenet Dynasty was established in the 12th century after the reign of which monarch?
a) Henry I
b) Edward the Confessor
c) Harold Godwinson
d) William the Conqueror
Answer: a) Henry I
Who was the mother of Henry II and a powerful figure in her own right during the Plantagenet era?
a) Eleanor of Aquitaine
b) Isabella of France
c) Anne Boleyn
d) Matilda of Scotland
Answer: a) Eleanor of Aquitaine
The nickname “Crouchback” referred to which Plantagenet prince’s physical condition?
a) Edward II
b) Henry III
c) Edward I
d) Edward of Westminster
Answer: c) Edward I
The reign of which Plantagenet king saw the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton, ending the First War of Scottish Independence?
a) Henry III
b) Edward II
c) Richard I
d) Edward III
Answer: b) Edward II
Who was the daughter of John of Gaunt and became queen consort to Richard II?
a) Margaret of Anjou
b) Anne Neville
c) Isabella of France
d) Anne Boleyn
Answer: c) Isabella of France
The Wars of the Roses, a series of conflicts for control of the English throne, primarily involved which two Plantagenet houses?
a) House of York and House of Tudor
b) House of Lancaster and House of Tudor
c) House of York and House of Lancaster
d) House of Plantagenet and House of Stuart
Answer: c) House of York and House of Lancaster
Which Plantagenet king, also known as Edward of Westminster, was the son of Henry VI?
a) Edward I
b) Edward III
c) Edward of Westminster
d) Edward IV
Answer: c) Edward of Westminster
The Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of Plantagenet rule and the rise of which new dynasty?
a) Stuart
b) Tudor
c) Hanover
d) Windsor
Answer: b) Tudor
Who was the mother of Henry IV and a descendant of Edward I?
a) Joan of Arc
b) Isabella of France
c) Matilda of Scotland
d) Margaret Beaufort
Answer: d) Margaret Beaufort
The title “Prince of Wales” was first associated with which Plantagenet prince?
a) Edward III
b) Edward of Westminster
c) Edward I
d) Edward II
Answer: c) Edward I
Which Plantagenet king was known for his extravagant spending and his involvement in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381?
a) Richard II
b) Edward III
c) Richard III
d) Henry IV
Answer: a) Richard II
The “Good Parliament” of 1376 was convened during the reign of which Plantagenet king?
a) Edward III
b) Richard II
c) Henry IV
d) Henry III
Answer: a) Edward III
Which Plantagenet king was known for his long captivity in France and his eventual death in captivity?
a) Edward III
b) Richard II
c) Richard III
d) Henry VI
Answer: d) Henry VI
The nickname “Gaunt” referred to which Plantagenet prince’s birthplace?
a) Edward III
b) John of Gaunt
c) Richard I
d) Henry IV
Answer: b) John of Gaunt
Who was the wife of Edward II and the mother of Edward III?
a) Eleanor of Aquitaine
b) Isabella of France
c) Anne Neville
d) Margaret Beaufort
Answer: b) Isabella of France
The Plantagenet Dynasty included how many English monarchs?
a) 12
b) 14
c) 16
d) 18
Answer: b) 14
Which Plantagenet king was known for his involvement in the murder of his nephews, the “Princes in the Tower”?
a) Henry IV
b) Edward IV
c) Richard III
d) Henry VI
Answer: c) Richard III
The reign of which Plantagenet king marked the beginning of the Wars of the Roses?
a) Henry IV
b) Richard II
c) Henry VI
d) Edward IV
Answer: c) Henry VI
Who was the wife of Henry IV and the mother of Henry V?
a) Anne Boleyn
b) Isabella of France
c) Margaret Beaufort
d) Joan of Arc
Answer: b) Isabella of France
The marriage of Edward III’s son to Anne of Bohemia initiated the founding of which royal order?
a) Order of the Garter
b) Order of the Bath
c) Order of the Thistle
d) Order of the Golden Fleece
Answer: a) Order of the Garter
