Sir Thomas More Quiz

Q1) Thomas More was born on 7th February but in which year?

1478

1475

1480

1472

Q2) Where was Sir Thomas More born?

Cambridge

Bristol

Ipswich

London

Q3) Before becoming a lawyer, what did Sir Thomas More consider doing?

Becoming a doctor

Becoming a monk

Becoming an apothecary

Becoming a goldsmith

Q4) Who did he replace as Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor in 1529?

William Warham

John Morton

Thomas Audley

Thomas Wolsey

Q5) How many times did Sir Thomas More marry?

0

2

3

1

Q6) In 1516, Sir Thomas More published a book about a fictional island society and its social, political and religious customs. What was it called?

Republic

The Praise of Folly

Utopia

Candide

Q7) On which date was Sir Thomas More arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London?

19 May 1534

17 April 1534

17 May 1535

21 December 1534

Q8) Why was Sir Thomas More executed in July 1535?

For denying the King's supremacy

For heresy

For plotting to kill the King

For negotiating with foreign powers without the King's permission

Q9) Where was Sir Thomas More executed?

At Smithfield

At Tyburn

Within the Tower of London confines

On Tower Hill

Q10) In 2000, Pope John Paul II declared that Sir Thomas More was “the heavenly patron of ........."

Writers

Statesmen and politicians

Scholars and teachers

Theologians