Введение в лингвострановедение. Практикум для студентов-бакалавров направления «Лингвистика»

b)stripes

c)circles

d)triangles

7.The lord of manor didn’t have to…

a)administrate justice

b)gather taxes

c)protect the manor from invaders

d)watch proper land sharing

8.Christianity first reached Britain

a)before the fourth century AD

b)in the fourth century AD

c)before the fourth century BC

d)in the fourth century BC

9.Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury?

a)Bede

b)Offa

c)Augustine

d)Gregory

10.The centers of Church power across England were

a)monasteries

b)kings’ courts

c)temples

d)lords’manors

11.How can you characterize the relations between church and state?

a)open confrontation

b)neutral

c)mutually profitable

d)passive aggression

12.Who started Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

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a)Bede

b)Offa

c)Augustine

d)Alfred

13.Literacy helped to develop in England the strongest in Europe

a)law system

b)economy

c)culture

d)education

14.England became famous in Europe for its

a)fish

b)wine

c)wool

d)jewellery

15.Vikings came to Britain in

a)the 7th century

b)the 8th century

c)the 9th century

d)the 10th century

16.Vikings came from

a)Germany

b)Iceland

c)Denmark

d)Normandy

17.Vikings controlled large part of the British territory. Who controlled the rest?

a)King Alfred

b)King Augustine

c)King George

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d)King James

18.Canute came to power because

a)he was the son of Ethelred

b)witan considered him to be a good leader

c)witan didn’t want disorder

d)all of these variants are right

19.Westminster Abby was built by

a)Edward

b)Ethelred

c)Canut

d)Witan

20.In 1066 King Harold faced dangers coming from

a)East and west

b)South and north

c)East and north

d)West and south

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Test 3. Variant 1

1.By the 8th century the Celts had been driven into

a)Northern part of the island

b)Southern part of the island

c)Western part of the island

d)Eastern part of the island

2.Welsh population remained small because

a)the land was rocky

b)the soil was poor

c)they didn’t have enough food

d)all of these variants are right

3.How did early kings control the territory?

a)They made laws

b)They travelled around the land

c)They made local government in each area

d)all of these variants are right

4.Welsh kings’ life in 10th century was

a)dangerous

b)treacherous

c)bloody

d)all of these variants are right

5.How often did The Anglo-Saxons invade Ireland?

a)every year

b)every two years

c)never

d)they stayed there all the time

6.The kings in Irish society

a)didn’t exist

b)were elected

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c)were members of the same family

d)were invited from England

7.Which is not an Irish kingdom

a)Ulster

b)Leinster

c)Tara

d)Glamorgan

8.Who spread the message of Christianity in Ireland?

a)Andrew

b)Tara

c)Offa

d)Patrick

9.What was typical of Ireland’s “golden age”?

a)culture flowered

b)no invaders came

c)local wars were in progress

d)all of these variants are right

10.The invaders mostly robbed

a)castles

b)monasteries

c)palaces

d)manors

11.The Vikings founded

a)Dublin

b)Belfast

c)Cork

d)Derry

12.The Vikings changed Irish life

a)mostly in a positive way

b)mostly in a negative way

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c)very Slightly

d)it’s false. They never visited Ireland

13.Brian Boru ruled for

a)10 years

b)11 years

c)12 years

d)13 years

14.Who invited Normans to Ireland?

a)The king of Ulster

b)The king of Munster

c)The king of Leinster

d)The king of Connaught

15.The society in Scotland was

a)divided into 2 parts

b)divided into 3 parts

c)divided into 4 parts

d)not divided

16.Britons inhabited

a)Lowlands

b)Northern highlands

c)Western highlands

d)All mentioned parts of Scotland

17.Clans collapsed in

a)the 17th century

b)the 18th century

c)the 19th century

d)the 20th century

18.Angles of Scotland felt different from the Celts because

a)they spent more time growing crops

b)land was kept by individual people

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c)they accepted the authority of the people outside their family

d)all of these variants are right

19.Vikings settled on

a)Shetland

b)Orkneys

c)Hebrides

d)all of these variants are right

20.Scotland was a difficult territory for control because of

a)geography

b)climate

c)tribal system

d)all of these variants are right

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Test 3. Variant 2

1.Choose the right statement.

a)All parts of Britain were developing the same way

b)The development of each part of Britain has always been analyzed attentively

c)Self identity of modern people is deeply rooted in history

d)all of these variants are right

2.Huge earth wall

a)protected Celts from Anglo-Saxons

b)protected Anglo-Saxons from Celts

c)protected British population from Vikings

d)was built for administrative division of the territory

3.Slavery was widely spread in

a)Wales

b)Scotland

c)England

d)all of these variants are right

4.If the king and his people visited the settlement

a)the local people greeted them cheerfully on the market place

b)the local people ran away into woods

c)the local people prepared special ceremony to receive the king

d)the local people hadn’t been informed about his visit beforehand

5.The first king who ruled over all Wales was

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a)Gruffydd

b)Llewelyn

c)Glamorgan

d)Offa

6.Celtic Culture in Ireland

a)was preserved

b)didn’t exist

c)was combined with Roman culture

d)was combined with Saxon culture

7.In Ireland there were

a)3 Kingdoms

b)4 Kingdoms

c)5 Kingdoms

d)6 Kingdoms

8.When did Christianity come to Ireland?

a)In 430 AD

b)In 949 AD

c)In 1066 AD

d)In 1039 AD

9.Where were many monasteries built in Ireland?

a)In the town centres

b)High in the mountains

c)In the woods

d)On the coast

10.Irish “golden age” finished when

a)Viking invaders came

b)Anglo-Saxon invaders came

c)Roman invaders came

d)Norman invaders came

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11.The Vikings brought to Ireland

a)fresh economic action

b)fresh political action

c)trend of building cities

d)all of these variants are right

12.The first high king in Ireland appeared in

a)430 AD

b)859 AD

c)1002 AD

d)1014 AD

13.Brian Boru is one of the greatest Irish kings because

a)tried to create single Ireland

b)improved the organization in Church

c)improved the organization in learning

d)all of these variants are right

14.Brian Boru died in

a)430 AD

b)859 AD

c)1002 AD

d)1014 AD

15.“Highland Line” is the name for

a)stone wall in the north of Britain

b)border between Scotland and England

c)the division between lowland and highland

d)mountain range in Scotland

16.When were Pictish and Scottish kingdoms united?

a)400 AD

b)563 AD

c)663 AD

d)843 AD

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