Hunting dogs and slaves

Wool

Welsh longbows

Was/were England’s main product of export in the Middle Ages.

34. Yeomen were small farmers who rent their farms.

small landowners.

paid warriors.

35. Trade names appeared in the 11 th

Th

15 th century.

36. The Act of Supremacy proclaimed

English King head of the Church of England.

English supremacy at sea.

English supremacy over Scotland.

37. The effect of the primogeniture in England was

accumulation of capital.

growing families.

growing villages.

38. Absolute monarchy in England was established by

William the Conqueror.

Henry VIII.

Henry VII.

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BRITISH STUDIES

TEST 9

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Choose the correct answer out of the three:

1. Britain was a republic from 1649 till 1660.

from 1640 till 1660.

from 1642 till 1660.

2. Charles I was sent out of the country.

executed.

forgiven.

3. Constitutional monarchy was established in 1660.

1689.

1642.

4. Cromwell governed through the army.

through a group of advisers.

through parliament.

5. Cromwell had less power than a monarch.

greater power than a monarch.

No power at all.

6. Independents advocated limited monarchy.

absolute monarchy.

a republic.

7. James VI proved himself skilful

unwise

a good diplomat in ruling England.

8. Levellers demanded the abolition of monarchy.

the establishment of monarchy.

a limited monarchy.

Nobody

Some people

Most people wanted the king back on the thrown.

10. Nonconformists were against fighting.

were opposed to official religion.

were atheists.

11. All aristocrats belonged to nobility.

Not all aristocrats belonged to nobility.

Aristocrats didn’t belong to nobility.

Only ten per cent of the population

Fifty per cent of the population

Most of the people took part in the Civil War.

13. Parliament supported

suppressed

ignored the Independents.

Scotland kept its separate Church

Scotland adopted the Anglican Church

Scotland remained Catholic

while being one state with England.

15. Scotland was brought under English republican rule.

Scotland was never a part of the English Republic.

Scotland willingly joined the Republic.

16. The Act of Settlement was passed in 1703.

1701.

1707.

17. The Bill of Rights was written in 1689.

1701.

1703.

18. The bourgeois revolution in England had a form of

a religious war.

colonial war.

civil war.

19. The Civil War lasted from 1642 till 1646.

from 1642 till 1660.

from 1646 till 1660.

20. The English republic was a failure.

a success.

the first successful republic in England.

21. The Glorious Revolution was the first mass movement.

a coup d’etat.

a socialist revolution.

The Parliamentarians

The Royalists

The Independents were called Roundheads.

23. The people in Cromwell’s army fought for unlimited power.

their beliefs.

money.

24. The Petition of Rights appealed for king’s protection.

limited the power of the king.

limited the power of Parliament.

25. The Pilgrim Fathers left Britain for America in 1603.

1620.

1703.

26. The Quakers were opposed to the use of force.

all religions.

protestantism.

27. The Royalists had a lot of

little

nosources of money.

28. The Scots welcomed

rebelled against

signed the Act of Settlement.

29. The second Civil War took place in 1642.

1648.

1660.

30. The Test Act of 1673

aimed at uniting England and Ireland.

prevented any Catholic from holding public office.

aimed at electing the king.

31. The Tories

demanded the limitation of a monarch’s power.

upheld the authority of the crown and the Church.

stood for reformation of the church.

32. William of Orange was

promised but not given the English crown.

given the English crown alone.

crowned for his lifetime.

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BRITISH STUDIES

TEST 10

HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN

Choose the correct answer out of the three:

1. William of Orange was invited to Britain

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