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1Here are native English names of animals:

     ox, cow, calf, swine. Give French names of

     meals cooked from meat.

    ( beef, veal, mutton, pork)

1What is the difference between Britain and

      Britannia?

      (Britain – England, Scotland, Wales.

       Britannia- the Roman province made up of    

       the recent-day England and Wales)

2 People listed below had settled in Britain by

       the end of the period of invasion. List them in

       the correct chronological order:

       1 Normans, 2 Celts, 3 Vikings, 4 Romans,

       5 Anglo-Saxons, 6 Britons

      (Britons, Celts, Romans, Anglo- Saxons,

       Vikings, Normans)

2 Albion is a word used in some poetic contests    

      to refer to England. Why is England called

      Albion?

     (It is the original Roman name for Britain.

      Romans saw the white cliffs when they came

      To Britain for the first time. Latin word  

      “albus”  means “ white”.)        

3What is the name of the king who had the

       nickname “England’s Darling”?

       ( Alfred the Great)

3What Celtic languages do you know? Name

      at least three of them.

     (Breton, Cornish, Scottish, Gaelic, Irish,  

     Welsh)  

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1Under whose reign did English rather than

      French become the official language used

      in parliament and the law courts?

    ( Edward III, 1362)

1The first Parliament in Britain was held in: Choose the right answer.

1. 1066  b) 1241 (b- 1241 c) 1605.

(b- 1241

2 The Celtic warriors carried spears and swords.

      What were they made of?

      (Bronze)

2How long did the Hundred  Years War last? Choose the right answer:

1. 100  b) 101  c) 116

        ( c-116)

3Stonehenge was probably built as:

1. a castle b) a lunar calendar c) a wall of defence. Choose the right answer.

           (b- a lunar calendar)    

3Who of these Englishmen completed the first

      voyage round the world?

      a) John Hawkins  b) Francis Drake c) Walter  

      Raleigh

     (b- Francis Drake)

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1 Who was the originator of the Gunpowder    

       Plot?

1. Robert Cecil b) Guido Hawkes c) Robert Catesby

(c- Robert Catesby)

1 Where did the Vikings come from?

 ( Scandinavia)

2 What is the other word to describe Middle    

       ages?

       (Midievel)

2 Who were the scholars in the Middle Ages?

   (Monks)

3 The first king of England to be put on trial by

       his subjects :

       a) Henry VIII  b) Charles I  c) Edward VI

       ( b- Charles I)

3 A year of three kings in England was:

       a) 1524  b) 1867  c) 1936

    (c – 1936)

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1 Hadrian Wall is:

1. the name of the wall in the Tower of London
2. the name of the place where Robin Hood was captured
3. a Roman wall of defence

     (c- a Roman wall of defence)

1 A Doomsday Book is:

1. the first book printed by William Caxton
2. a record of  survey of the land of England made by the order of William the Conqueror
3. the first translation of the Bible into English

(b- a record of  survey of the land of England made by the order of William the Conqueror)

2 Who were the druids?

(Celtic priests)

2 What happened in 1066?

(The Normans conquered England)

3 Which country was conquered by the

        Normans in 1066?

        (England)

3 Thursday is named after the Viking god Thor.

       True or False?

       (true)

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1 What title does a knight have before his

       name?

       (sir)

1 What famous wall did Roman soldiers build?

      (Hadrian Wall)

2 According to the legends, where was King’s

    Arthur’s round table?

              (Camelot)

2 What things did Romans bring to England?

( wigs, cucumbers, dogs, cats, false teeth)

3 What was the Roman Legion?

       (a regiment of soldiers)

3 What Roman gods give names for the    

       months?

      (Mars, Janus, Juna)

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1 What was built on the site of the battle of

       Hastings?

      ( Battle Abbey)

1Why were the campaigns to  free”Holy

     Land” called Crusades?

    ( On the badge of the Christian Army

     there was a cross –“crux” in Latin)

2 There is a statue of a woman outside the

       House of Parliament, which was made in the

       19th century. Whose memory does it

        commemorate?

       (The statue of Queen Boudicca, who led the

        revolt against the Roman occupation)

2 What was Hundred Years War caused by?

         ( Edward the III claimed to the French

           throne)

3 Where does the word “England” come from?

       ( from people called Angles)  

3 What was the Tower of London initially

         used for?

          (To confine the privileged prisoners)

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1Who gave the Englishmen the names of four

      days of the week( Tuesday, Wednesday,

      Thursday, Friday?

          (Vikings)

1What is chivalry- a code of manners or

       a coat-of-arms?

       (a code of manners for knights)

2 What country did Black Death come from? 

    ( China)

2 What was the knight’s personal attendant

         called?

        (a squire)

3 what were the officers in Roman legions

         called?

         (centurions)

3Knights fought mock battles, what were the

      battles called?

        (tournaments)

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1 What names of four days of the week did

         the Vikings leave in the English language?

       ( Tuesday- after Tiw- god of battle,

         Wednesday –after Woden- chief god,

          Thursday- after Thor- thunder god,

          Friday – after Frey- goddess of crops)

1Who led the Peasants’ Revolt  in  

      England?

       (Watt Tyler)

2 What land did King Richard the Lion Heart

       go to on a crusade?

         (Palestine)

2 When was the first English Parliament

         summoned?

         (in 1265)  

3Why were the documents in ancient times

      sealed but not signed?

    (Many king could not write)

3 Who was one of the most brilliant

       commanders in English history?

          (Oliver Cromwell )

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1Who of the English kings had the nickname

     “Hammer of the Scots”?

      (Edward I)

1How was the English church created?

     (In 1534 Henry VIII broke relations with

     Rome and proclaimed himself Head of the

     English Church)

2Why was Edward’s III  son called “Black

      Prince”?

     ( Because of the black colour of his armour)

2 Who of the English kings was crowned at

       the age of nine?

       (Edward VI)

3Two young princes disappeared in the Tower

     of London in 1483. What were their names?

    (Edward and Richard)

3 How long did Elizabeth I rule?

      (45 years)

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1 Why is the eldest son in the Royal family given

   the name Prince of Wales?

    (Edward I created his son prince of Wales

      in  1301)

1 Which of the six wives of Henry VIII

   gave birth to the future glorious Queen

   of England?)

 (Ann Boleyn gave birth to Elizabeth I)

2 How is the admission to the Order of Chivalry

   earned now?

   (By outstanding public service or as a mark of

     royal favour)

2 What for was Henry’s VIII daughter Mary  

  called “Bloody Mary”?

   (She allowed terrible cruelties restoring

    England to Catholicism)

3 What did the Tudor Rose symbolize?

     (The union of two royal houses of York and

      Lancaster in the new dynasty)

3 Who became the king of independent Scotland

    in 1328?

    (Bruce I)

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1 What disasters hit London in 1666?

   ( Plague and Fire)

1 Who ordered to erect the Albert Memorial?

    (Queen Victoria)

2 When was the parliament of Scotland

    abolished?

    ( In 1707)

2 The king crowned in 1714 did not know the

   English language and had limited knowledge of

   his kingdom. Why?

3 When were the crowns of England and Scotland

     united?

   ( In 1603)

3 Who was the first English king to rule the

    American colonies?

    (George III)

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1 Under whose reign England was involved in

   almost continuous conflicts with Europe?

    ( George II)

1 What kind of a new sport did Charles I bring

    to England from Holland?

   (Yachting)

2 What were the main items of the Bill of Rights

    adopted in 1688?

     (No Catholic kings; New taxes and laws must

       be approved by the Parliament)

2 Why did the Civil War break out in Britain in

    1642?

    ( Because of rivalry between the Parliament

      and  Monarchy)

3 Why did the arrival of Mary, Queen of Scots,

    present Elizabeth I with the problem?

   (Mary as the heir of the British throne was a

     Catholic. Elizabeth was a Protestant)

3 Where have all the British kings been crowned

    since  1066?

    (Westminster Abbey)