1. Germanic tribes began enslaving Britain in
a) the 4c. BC
b) the Ic. AD
c) the 5c. AD
2. Their names were
a) the Vikings
b) the Scots & the Picts
c) the Angles, the Saxons, the Jutes.
3. The first Germanic kingdom in Britain was
a) Kent
b) Mercia
c) Wessex.
4. The legendary king who headed the struggle of the Celts against the invasion was
a) Egbert
b) Arthur
c) Hengist.
5. The country that was a centre of Celtic culture and a stronghold of Christianity was
a) Scotland
b) Britanny
c) Ireland.
6. The Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity
a) in the 7c. AD
b) in the 3c. AD
c) in the 8c. AD.
7. Jn the 7th century great king Edwin advanced his frontier to the north and built his stronghold of Edinburg. It was in this kingdom that English art flowered for the first time. Sculptured crosses were created and poems of Caedmon and the Latin Ecclesiastical History of Bede were written in English. Which kingdom is meant?
a) Sussex
b) Northumbria
c) Essex.
8. He forced the Danes to retire, rebuilt churches, brought foreign scholars, founded schools. His name was.
a) Edward the Confessor
b) Ethelwulf
c) Alfred the Great.
9. In 886 the attacks of the Danes ceased because
a) the country was divided into 2 parts
b) the Danes were driven out of England
c) the king bought off peace 10. The Council that advised the King in Anglo-Saxon times was called
a) Privy Council
b) Great Council
c) Witenagemot.
11.England was submitted to a Danish King Canute and became a part of Danish Empire in
a) 888
b) 1016
c) 1066
12. He was brought up in Normandy and came back to England with Norman friends and clergy. His main interest was the church and it was he who founded the Westminster Abbey
a) Edward the Confessor
b) Ethelred the Unready
c) William of Normandy.
13. The leader of anti-Norman party in the XI c. was
a) Godwin
b) Canute
c) Harold.
14. The last Anglo-Saxon king before the Norman Conquest was
a) Godwin
b) Harold
c) Edward,
15. The pretext for the Conquest was
a) Edward's death
b) the Pope's order
c) the fact that Harold Godwin's son broke his oath.
Test 5. England in the XVIII- XIX centuries.
1. Answer the following questions in written form:
1) Was there much opposition to the regime of William III in Ireland? In Scotland?
2) What acts were passed by Parliament when William III and Mary 11 had been declared King and Queen?
3) What political parties were there in England during the Civil Wars of the XVII cent.?
4) What parties had formed by the late XVII c.?
5) What is the origin of the term "The Whigs"?
6) What is the origin of the term "The Tories"?
7) Were the parties of the country equally represented in Parliament?
8) What inventions stimulated the development of industry?
9) What remained the principal sources of power in the early XVIII c.?
10) Who made the vital advance in the construction of steam engines?
11) Where were Watt's steam engines used?
12) Did the ending of Napoleonic wars open a vast market for British goods?
13) Why did exports fall in 1815?
14) Why did Egypt become especially important for Britain after 1869?
15) Why were the Boers displeased with the British?
16) What caused "the swing to the East" in British Colonial policy?
17) WTien were the first English trading companies set up?
18) What happened when Britain's hold on her colonies had loosened?
2. Industrial Revolution. Match the inventions with their inventors:
| 1779 Samuel Crompton, | cotton gin |
| 1831 Michael Faraday | steam engine with cylinders (condencers). |
| 1768 Richard Arkwright, | steam engine operated by atmospheric pressure |
| 1776 James Watt, | magneto electricity |
| 1691 Thomas Savery, | steam engine for pumping water out of a well |
| 1708 Thomas Newcomen, | flying shuttle |
| 1733, John Kay, | spinning frame |
| 1765 James Hargreaves, | waterframe |
| 1793 Eli Whitney. | spinning Jenny |
Test 6
1. Consider the following questions and items in writing:
1) What advantages or disadvantages do you see in the survival of the monarchy in Britain?
2) Why does Britain, unlike other countries, have no written constitution? Ought one to be introduced?
3) Does the political system in Britain put too much power in the hands of the Prime Minister?
4) Discuss the civil servants' duty of loyalty to their political chiefs.
5) Why has the Labour left regularly wanted to abolish the House of Lords?
6) Some people favour more central control of local administration, others favour more local autonomy and independence. What are the main arguments on both sides?
7) As factors influencing the increase in crime, how-would you assess the following?
a) decline in respect of authority7 in general
b) violence on television, films, etc
c) encouragement, through advertising, of excessive expectations
d) unemployment f) other factors
Test 7
1. Consider the following questions and problems in writing:
1) What do you think are the causes and implications of the switch in work from "production" industries to "services"?
2) It is claimed that economic activity is more efficient if carried on by the private sector than by the public. Is this true?
3) Has the permissive society-made more satisfactory for women?
4) Can you explain the idea of a multicultural society?
5) Although many people aged over sixty-five depend entirely on state pensions, a growing proportion have substantial other incomes. Would it be right to make the rate of state pension depend on the means of the individual?
6) Is Britain a "good" member of the European Union?
7) Assess the importance for Britain of links with the Commonwealth, the United States and the rest of Europe.
8) Contrast Scottish and Welsh nationalism in political terms and general attitudes.
Test 8
1 Consider the following questions and problems in writing:
1) Is the rule of the private sector a positive or a negative influence on education as a whole?
2) Do you favour the use of a selective process to divide children at age eleven or later, between separate schools, or separate classes, according to ability? Or should they all be kept together?
3) Relatively few childern of manual workers receive higher-level education. What prospect is there of changing this?
4) A few years ago individual schools w/ere given a new right to opt out of local authority control altogether. Is this a good idea?
5) Since 1988 schools in the state system must include a period for religious worship on each day's timetable. What do you think about the revival of this practice which was disregarded for a long lime?
6) Unlike in the past, the money value of the students' grant is not at present increased to take account of inflation but students are able to receive loans from state funds to make up the difference. Each student's repayment of a loan depends on the student's earnings.
Taking into account the cost of administering this scheme, is it a good idea? Or would it be better to continue with grants big enough to cover the total cost of studvina?
Fourth year
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