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6. What, in terms of the army, was undertaken from 1644-1645?
- Politicisation of the army
- Social reconstruction
- Military reconstruction
- Political reconstruction
7. How would the English benefit from this?
- The Scots would send 21,000 men to aid Parliament
- The Scots would send 1,000,000 men to aid parliament
- The Scots would send 210,000 men to aid parliament
- The Scots would send 10,000 men to aid parliament
8. What percentage of the English population did London hold?
9. What did Hyde suggest Charles do?
- Fight until victory
- Continue attempts to settle with parliament
- Discontinue attempts to settle with parliament
- Allow parliament to "win"
10. How did parliament control finance?
- Through access to taxes
- Through access to the army
- Through access to resources
- Through access to officials
11. What happened to Charles in November 1642?
- He was halted outside of London
- He seized London
- He attempted to seize London
- He left London
12. Young (1997) claimed "unless Charles's adversaries wished to do away with the monarchy they..."
- "...had no choice but to strike a deal with Charles."
- "...had no choice but to arrest Charles."
- "...had no choice but to remain apathetic towards Charles."
- "...had a choice but decided to strike a deal with Charles anyway."
13. What was the position of Charles like in 1646?
- Very weak
- Strong
- Middling
- Weak
14. What did London being the centre of print mean for parliament?
- Charles could produce propaganda
- Charles could produce taxes
- Parliament could produce propaganda
- Parliament could produce taxes
15. What did Pym persuade parliament to accept in 1643?
- A formal alliance with the Scots
- A formal alliance with the Dutch
- A formal alliance with the Irish
- A formal alliance with the Swedish
16. Why did Charles play for time?
- In the hopes opposition groups would give up
- In the hopes opposition would die away
- In the hopes opposition groups would get stronger
- In the hopes opposition groups would take a stand
17. What did his wife, Henrietta Maria, suggest?
- Fight until victory
- Discontinue attempts to settle with parliament
- Allow parliament to "win"
- Continue attempts to settle with parliament
18. In terms of parliament's administration of localities, where were committees set up?
- Just nationally
- Both nationally and locally
- Just locally
- Internationally
19. What did Charles's make the mistake of doing in 1645?
- Signing an alliance with the Irish
- Agreeing to go to war with the Irish
- Trying to negotiate a second peace treaty with the Irish Catholic rebels
- Financing the Irish army
20. Who were Charles' two main advisors? Which held most sway with him?
- Duke of Buckingham and Henrietta Maria; Maria had more sway
- Duke of Buckingham and Henrietta Maria; Buckingham had more sway
- Edward Hyde and Henrietta Maria; Maria had more sway
- Edward Hyde and Henrietta Maria; Hyde had more sway