Mock test 3

The last of the three full-length mocks: 24 questions, 18 correct to pass, sharing no question with mock test 1 or mock test 2.

Between them the three tests cover seventy-two questions from every corner of the syllabus, and this one reaches the parts the first two left: the capital of Wales and who legislates for the whole UK, the hundred pence in a pound, Henry VIII's six wives, the union of the crowns in 1603 and the execution of Charles I in 1649, Victoria's reign and the Great Exhibition, the Empire, the Windrush generation, 1973 and the Good Friday Agreement, bank holidays, the three crosses of the Union Flag, Wren and the National Gallery and the BAFTAs, the Opposition and the Lords, reserved matters, driving documents, equality law and community participation.

Sit this one last, close to your test date, and treat the score as your best estimate of how the real thing will go. Under 18 and there is still work to do; 18 to 20 is a pass with little room to spare, and a different selection of questions could easily fall short. What to do about a weak score is the same as always — go back to the chapter each wrong answer came from, rather than straight into another mock.

The questions and explanations are Zestly's own, written from publicly known facts; nothing is reproduced from the official handbook, which remains the only real syllabus.

• Sit a third full-length test sharing no question with the first two
• Cover the remaining parts of each chapter the earlier mocks did not reach
• Get a realistic estimate of how the real test would go today
• Decide whether you are ready, or which chapters still need another pass

Elizabeth died childless and the throne passed to her cousin James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England as well — one king over two separate kingdoms, each keeping its own parliament and laws. The two countries were not actually united until the Act of Union in 1707.