The Gunpowder Plot - KS3
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- Q1In which year did the plot take place?1603160516091607
- Q2The plot was an attempt to kill which English king?James ICharles ICharles IIJames II
- Q3Which state occasion was being held at the time of the plot?The State Opening of ParliamentThe King's coronationThe King's weddingThe Trooping of the Colour
- Q4Who was the leader of the conspirators?John WrightRobert CatesbyFrancis TreshamThomas Percy
- Q5The best-remembered conspirator, Guy Fawkes, enlisted in the army of which country in 1593?FranceThe NetherlandsAustriaSpain
- Q6Which identity did Fawkes assume for the purposes of the plot?David DavidsonRobert RobertsonThomas ThompsonJohn Johnson
- Q7What was the name of the influential English Jesuit who was executed for his part in the plot?Henry GarrettHenry GarfieldHenry GarnetHenry Gardner
- Q8Which Thomas Hardy novel opens on the evening of Guy Fawkes Night?Under the Greenwood TreeThe Return of the NativeJude the ObscureFar from the Madding Crowd
- Q9Before the assassination attempt the plotters had hidden the gunpowder in Robert Catesby's house, in which area of London?ChelseaLambethWappingIslington
- Q10Which historian published the book Faith and Treason: The Gunpowder Plot in 1996?Antonia FraserFrances LannonPauline GreggJudith Herrin