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6. Serious opposition emerged after the John Hampden case. What year did this take place?

  • 1638
  • 1637
  • 1636
  • 1639

7. The Distraint of Knighthood applied to all men with a yearly income of over what?

  • £30
  • £40
  • £60
  • £50

8. When did Personal Rule begin?

  • 1629
  • 1628
  • 1625
  • 1627

9. What did Puritans Bastwick, Burton and Prynne criticise in the pamphlets they wrote?

  • Traditional hierarchy
  • Laud and his bishops
  • The monarchy
  • Charles' Catholic tendencies

10. How many individuals were fined for having failed to present themselves at Charles' coronation to be knighted?

  • 15,000
  • 9,000
  • 27,000
  • 8,000

11. How much money did the Distraint of Knighthood fines bring in?

  • 170,000
  • 160,000
  • 29,000
  • 68,000

12. What was the best known and most profitable source of additional income?

  • Recusancy fines
  • Ship Money
  • Wardships
  • The revival of certain monopolies

13. Forest Fines were another source of income. The boundaries of the royal forests were declared to be those of which century?

  • 13th
  • 14th
  • 12th
  • 11th

14. When was Thomas Wentworth sent to Ireland as Lord Deputy?

  • 1638
  • 1635
  • 1633
  • 1634

15. Ship Money was a traditional tax used on coastal counties in times of national danger. In what year did Charles extend it to inland counties?

  • 1638
  • 1635
  • 1633
  • 1645

16. Which of these was NOT an effect of the attempted imposition of Laudian reform in Scotland?

  • Opponents of the Prayer Book formed a National Covenant to resist the changes
  • Scotland was brought into line with England's religious policies
  • Riots broke out in churches where the new Prayer Book was used
  • Led to the Bishops Wars

17. In which year did Personal Rule end?

  • 1640
  • 1642
  • 1641
  • 1639

18. By 1639, Charles was also demanding Coat and Cloth money. What had the payment rate of Ship Money now fallen to?

  • 15%
  • 20%
  • 28%
  • 30%

19. In which year did Charles announce that a new Prayer Book was to be used in Scotland?

  • 1637
  • 1634
  • 1636
  • 1635

20. How many years did Charles rule without the help of Parliament?

  • 11
  • 7
  • 9
  • 16