I. Read the following unfinished statements or questions carefully. For each
unfinished statement or question four suggested answers marked A, B, C and
D are given. Choose the one you think best completes the statements or
answers the question.
1. In the reign of William I, the ____were at the bottom of the feudal scale.
A. knights B. villeins
C. lesser nobles D. freemen
2. The Domesday Book was completed in____.
A. 1086 B. 1085
C. 1087 D. 1006
3. When William I died in Normandy in ____he left England to his second son
William.
A. 1100 B. 1153
C. 1087 D. 1135
4. William II was known as William Rufus because of his____
A. independence B. efficiency
C. filial piety D. red complexion
5. ____ was the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty and ruled England for 35
years.
A. Henry I B. King Stephen
C. Henry II D. Count of Anjou
6. William Rufus (William II) was killed by an arrow when he was hunting
in____ in August l100.
A. the New Forest B. Pevensey
C. Winchester D. Gloucester
7. Henry II took some measures to bring the disorders of ____reign to an end.
A. Henry I's B. King Stephen's
C. William II's D. Edward the Confessor's
8. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Henry II did some renovations of castles built in Stephen's time.
B. Henry II recalled grants of Royal lands made by Stephen.
C. Henry II strengthened the powers of his sheriffs.
D. Henry II relied for armed support upon a militia made up of English
Freemen.
9. Henry II divided the country into ____circuits and appointed traveling
judges to each of them.
A. three B. four
C. five D. six
10. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The Bishop's courts could punish by means of censure.
B. The Bishop's courts could inflict corporal punishment.
C. The Bishop's courts could punish by means of excommunication.
D. The Bishop's courts could punish by mean of penance.