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6. When were recusancy fines increased to £20 from one shilling?

  • 1575
  • 1564
  • 1581
  • 1592

7. Who stated "the Church of England had won control of the commanding heights of society" by the end of Elizabeth's reign?

  • Penry Williams
  • Susan Doran
  • Wallace MacCaffrey
  • A F Pollard

8. When was Elizabeth excommunicated by Pope Pius V?

  • 1565
  • 1570
  • 1575
  • 1560

9. When was the Treasons Act making Papa Bulls treasonous?

  • 1582
  • 1563
  • 1571
  • 1574

10. Regarding the Babington Plot, who said Mary Stuart's guilt was "undeniable"?

  • Dale Hoak
  • MacCulloch
  • John Guy
  • David Loades

11. Out of the 800 Catholics who went to assize courts in Lancashire, how many paid recusancy fines?

  • 89
  • 45
  • 11
  • 74

12. Who believes the Jesuits were sent "with every intention of arousing civil war" and placing a Catholic monarch on the throne?

  • Susan Doran
  • P Wiliams
  • A G Dickens
  • MacCulloch

13. Who said the Throckmorton Plot was a "fairly near thing" that seriously threatened the Elizabethan regime?

  • Wallace MacCaffrey
  • David Loades
  • John Bossy
  • John Guy

14. When was the Ridolfi Plot?

  • 1571
  • 1579
  • 1574
  • 1585

15. Who uncovered the Babington Plot?

  • Cecil
  • Elizabeth
  • Walsingham
  • Leicester

16. In 1603, according to an episcopal census, how many people took communion in an Anglican church?

  • 5,077,000
  • 3,544,000
  • 2,266,000
  • 6,400,000

17. When did Mary Queen of Scots arrive in England?

  • 1573
  • 1561
  • 1568
  • 1580

18. When was the Throckmorton Plot?

  • 1581
  • 1583
  • 1589
  • 1586

19. How many Jesuit and Seminary priests were executed under the 1585 Act against Jesuit and Seminary priests?

  • 123
  • 432
  • 749
  • 581

20. Who estimates that in 1604 there were in fact 30,000 recusants?

  • A G Dickens
  • Penry Williams
  • David Starkey
  • David Loades