Jersey Citizenship Test Practice Questions
When is the first evidence of human activity in Jersey?
250,000 years ago
150,000 years ago
100,000 years ago
500,000 years ago
Which of the following are prehistoric sites in Jersey?
La Cotte de St Brelande
La Cotte de St Lawrence
La Cotte à la Mouton
Stonehenge
Skara Brae
When did Jersey become an island?
7,000 years ago
8,000 years ago
9,000 years ago
10,000 years ago
When did farmers begin to settle in Jersey?
The Neolithic period
The Paleolithic period
The Iron age
The Bronze age
What is La Hougue Bie?
A neolithic tomb
A Napoleonic monument
A court of law
A Norman fortification
To which tribe did the island's population probably belong to at the time of the Roman occupation?
The Coriosolites
The Asterixos
The Gauls
The Cotini
By what name was Jersey called when it was part of the Roman world?
Andium
Arbolem
Archium
Angolem
Why is it difficult to know what happened in Jersey during the Dark Ages?
Few documents from this era survived
No-one lived in Jersey at this time
History was written in Latin
Jersey had a secretive society
Which missionary is believed to have converted islanders to Christianity?
St Marculf
St Helier
St Ouen
St Saviour
What time were monastic communities first set up in Jersey?
The 8th century
The 3rd century
The 5th century
The 13th century
Where were monastic communities set up in Jersey in the 7th and 8th centuries BC?
The islet of St Helier
St Catherine's Breakwater
La Hougue Bie
The Ecrihous
How many years was Jersey part of the Diocese of Coutances?
700 years
70 years
140 years
350 years
When did Charlemagne impose his authority over Jersey by including it in the Diocese of Coutances?
The beginning of the 9th century
The beginning of the 8th century
The end of the 8th century
The end of the 9th century
Which diocese did the island join during the Reformation?
Winchester
Canterbury
Coutances
Worcester
From which group did the name 'Jersey' originate?
The Vikings
The Normans
The Celts
The Bretons
Who gained control of Jersey in the middle of the 9th century?
Brittany
Normandy
England
Germany
When did William Longsword annex the Channel Islands?
913 AD
923 AD
933 AD
943 AD
What is the name of the local language of Jersey?
Jèrriais
Jèrsiais
Jersyish
Jèrsese
Of which language is Jèrriais a dialect?
Norman French
English
Breton
Catalan
What was the name of the parcels of land into which the second Duke of Normandy divided Jersey?
Fiefs
Vergèes
Parishes
Zones
What were the names of the landowners of Jersey after AD933?
Seigneurs
Lord protectors
Vingteniers
Écrivains
What was established on the Islet of St Helier in 1155?
An abbey
A castle
A church
A gym
When did Philippe II gain control of Normandy?
12⊙4
1202
1220
1240
1102
Approximately how old is Mont Orgueil?
700 years
100 years
170 years
1700 years
Who gained control of Normandy in 1204?
William Longsword
William the Conqueror
Phillippe II
Charles I
Who was Mont Orgueil castle built to defend against?
The French
The Normans
The English
The Germans
What were the plans of the Queen for Jersey during the wars of the Roses?
To sell it
To destroy it
To conquer it
To develop it
Who occupied Jersey for seven years during the wars of the Roses?
The French
The Lancastrians
The Yorkists
The Roundheads
Who liberated the island in 1468?
The Yorkists
The French
The Lancastrians
The Roundheads
When did Jersey and Guernsey become two separate political entities?
1485 AD
1066 AD
1204 AD
933 AD
What religion did the island adopt during the Reformation?
Calvinist Protestantism
Presbytarian Protestantism
Methodist Protestantism
Anglican Protestantism
What religion was imposed on the island in 1620?
Anglican Protestantism
Calvinist Protestantism
Presbytarian Protestantism
Methodist Protestantism
Who introduced Methodism to Jersey?
John Wesley
St Helier
Joan of Arc
St Marculf
From where was there a sudden influx of refugees in the 1790s?
France
Guernsey
Portugal
England
From where did English-speaking Catholics arrive in the 1830s and 40s?
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Which of the following is NOT a Catholic teaching or nursing order:
The Huguenots
The De La Salle brothers
The Jesuits
The Little Sisters of the Poor
Which islanders were sympathetic to the parliamentarian cause at the beginning of the English civil war?
The majority of islanders, but not the Baliff
The Baliff, but not the majority of islanders
All islanders
No-one
To where did George Carteret retreat during an attack by parliamentary forces?
Elizabeth Castle
Mont Orgueil Castle
Fort Regent
St Aubin's fort
What was the principal activity conducted out of Jersey that was of benefit to the Crown?
He operated a privateering fleet
He conducted trade with Newfoundland
He ran an influential bank
He was a large investor in construction
In which year of the 17th century was Jersey invaded?
1651
1605
1673
1685
Who invaded Jersey in 1651?
Parliamentarians
Royalists
The French
The Normans
Where did Charles II stay when he visited Jersey?
Elizabeth Castle
Gorey Castle
The L'horizon hotel
The Royal Yacht
Who was the first place to pronounce Charles II king?
Jersey
England
Wales
Scotland
William Prynne was a catholic pamphleteer imprisoned by Charles I, true or false?
False
True
Where was William Prynne imprisoned?
Mont Orgueil
Elizabeth Castle
Queen's road police station
Samares manor
What was the origin of New Jersey in the United States?
It was gifted to a Jerseyman by Charles II
It was a place many settlers from Jersey arrived
It was discovered by a Jerseyman
The landscape reminded the colonists of Jersey
The Pope issued a Bull of Neutrality in 1483 which threatened to excommunicate those attacking ships around Jersey, true of false?
True
False
Privateers were licenced by the English Crown to attack enemy shipping?
True
False