Reformation to Regal Union

Question 1

TRUE/FALSE: During the medieval and early modern period, Scottish EXPORTS consisted primarily of high-end manufactured goods

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which alcoholic beverage constituted probably Scotland’s single most important imported good throughout the later medieval and early modern periods?

Answer 2

Wine

Question 3

With which country did Scotland traditionally maintain the ‘auld alliance’, usually aimed against England?

Answer 3

France

Question 4

Where was first university founded in c.1413?

Answer 4

St Andrews

Question 5

To which French king was Mary, Queen of Scots briefly married (1558-60)?

Answer 5

Francis II

Question 6

The self-styles ‘leader’ of the Scottish Reformation, whose sermon at Perth in 1559 is often credited with kick-starting the move towards Protestantism, was called John ____

Answer 6

Knox

Question 7

The capture of which castle in 1573 (with English assistance) effectively signalled the end of the ‘Marian Civil War’ and the final defeat of the supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots?

Answer 7

Edinburgh

Question 8

The existence of which ecclesiastical office lay at the heart of disagreement between Episcopalians and Presbyterians within the post-Reformation Church of Scotland

Answer 8

Bishop

Question 9

Which European princess did James VI marry in 1589?

Answer 9

Anna of Denmark

Question 10

Which reforming churchman became particularly associated with the drive to establish Presbyterianism in the Scottish Church from the 1570s onwards?

Answer 10

Andrew Melville

Question 11

Who was the last Tudor monarch of England, the death of whom in 1603 heralded the succession of James VI to the English throne?

Answer 11

Elizabeth I