XIII. Answer the questions.

1. What is Roman Law?

2. When were the Twelve Tables drafted?

3. What was the law like before the Twelve Tables?

4. Who had the right to interpret the law in the early Roman Empire?

5. Why were the plebs not satisfied with the existing law?

6. What did the complaints and agitation by the plebs lead to?

7. What was the law of the Twelve Tables inscribed on?

8. What did the law of the Twelve Tables establish?

9. Who did the law of the Twelve Tables apply to?

10. Why were the tablets of laws destroyed by the Gauls? When did it happen?

11. What was Corpus Juris Civilis?

12. Who influenced a lot on the establishment of the Corpus Juris Civilis?

13. When did the first three articles of the code appear?

14. Why did Corpus Juris Civilis avoid the fate of earlier legal texts?

15. What was the role of the Roman Law?

Контрольная работа №2 1 вариант

I. Form the adverbs corresponding to the following adjectives:

bad, quick, sweet, sad, correct, sudden, sorrowful, bright, fast, slight, complete, beautiful, loud, serious, long, warm.

II. Use the correct form of comparison.

1. Shall I speak (loud) or will you sit (near)? 2. My English isn’t very good but I understand it (perfectly) if people speak (slowly) and (clearly). 3. He was difficult to understand because he spoke so (quickly). I asked him to speak not so (fast). 4. You hardly ever write to me. Why don’t you write a bit (often)? 5. You are driving too fast. Can you drive a bit (slowly)? 6. We’d better not go any (far) today. Let’s stay here. 7. I like this novel (well) than that. 8. Which of the sportsmen ran (fast) at the competition?

III. Put the adverbs in the right place.

1. I like to drive. (very much) And you? 2. Mary can speak English, as she lived in London with her parents. (fluently) 3. You are late. (always) 4. I cleaned the house and cooked the dinner. (also) 5. The boy has to hurry to school in the morning because he gets up late. (always, so) 6. The driver of the car was injured in the accident. (seriously) 7. Have you seen him? (ever) 8. I have money to buy the car. (enough)

IV. Choose the right word.

1. Please, shut the door (quite/quietly). The children are sleeping. 2. The soup tastes (nice/nicely). –Help yourself. 3. Do you feel (nervous/nervously) before examinations? 4. Hurry up. You are always (slow/slowly). 5. He looked at me (angry/angrily) when I interrupted him. 6. Ann can play the piano very (well/good). 7. His heart was (deep/deeply) moved. 8. The idea seemed (high/highly) improbable to everybody. 9. You will have to work really (hard/ hardly) to get everything done as planned. 10. The mechanic (close/closely) examined the machine.

V. Translate into English.

1. Я почти никогда с ним не разговаривал. 2. Я тоже ничего не слышал об этом. 3. Она работает упорно. 4. Была поздняя осень. 5. Он пришел поздно. 6. Чем больше вы будете находиться на открытом воздухе, тем лучше будет у вас аппетит. 7. Голос его звучал холодно. 8. Он стоял молча. 9. Она приятно улыбнулась. 10. Я был глубоко тронут его заботой.