Q 01/05

Despite its name, how many years did the Hundred Years' War actually span, from 1337 to 1453?

A) 100

B) 105

C) 110

D) 116

Answer · why

D) 116

It was an intermittent conflict, repeatedly interrupted by truces and by the Black Death.

Q 02/05

Edward III claimed the French throne in 1328 through which relative, a sister of the last Capetian king?

A) His aunt Joan

B) His wife Philippa

C) His grandmother Blanche

D) His mother Isabella

Answer · why

D) His mother Isabella

The French barons ruled that Isabella could not transmit a right she did not herself possess, and chose Philip of Valois instead.

Q 03/05

The war is usually divided into three phases. Which is NOT one of their names?

A) The Plantagenet War

B) The Edwardian War

C) The Caroline War

D) The Lancastrian War

Answer · why

A) The Plantagenet War

They ran 1337–1360, 1369–1389 and 1415–1453, separated by truces.

Q 04/05

Which French dynasty ultimately kept the throne of France at the war's end?

A) The House of Bourbon

B) The House of Capet

C) The House of Valois

D) The House of Anjou

Answer · why

C) The House of Valois

Philip, Count of Valois, had been crowned Philip VI in 1328 after the main Capetian male line died out.

Q 05/05

Until which year did the monarchs of England and Great Britain continue to style themselves sovereigns of France?

A) 1453

B) 1558

C) 1707

D) 1802

Answer · why

D) 1802

The title was dropped in deference to the exiled Louis XVIII, then living in England after the Revolution.