Страноведение. Великобритания. Тест 2

History of England

TEST 2

1. Under what king did the Knights of the Round Table gather together?

a) Henry IV b) Arthur  c) Edward II  d) William the Conqueror

2. What great historical event happened in 1066?

a) the Danish invention  b) a bourgeois revolution c) the battle of Hastings d) the battle of Bosworth

3. The Romans first invaded Britain in …

a) the 5^th century AD  b) the 5^th century BC c) the 1^st century BC  d) the 1^st century AD

4. London is more than …

a) one thousand years old b) two thousand years old c) three thousand years old  d) four thousand years old

5. The Princess Diana was the wife of …

a) Prince John  b) Prince Robert  c) Prince Wilhelm d) Prince Charles

6. What disaster did the whole England suffer from in the 14^th century?

a) Great Fire of London  b) Great Plague in England  c) Battle of Trafalgar  d) Battle of Waterloo

7. The legend says that without them the Tower will fall. They are ….

a) the pigeons  b) the cats  c) the squirrels d) the ravens

8. Where are the British kings crowned?

a) in Parliament Square  b) in St. Paul’s Cathedral  c) in Westminster Abbey  d) in Canterbury Cathedral

9. What is the most famous place of pagans` sun worship in England?

a) a temple to the goddess Minerva in Bath       b) Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain

c) Dartmoor National park       d) Windsor Safari Park

10. A king was the founder of the British Navy. What was his name?

a) Edward          b) George             c) Alfred          d) Richard