Болдырева М, Ин-31
Test
1. When was London founded?
a) in the 1st
century AD
b) in the 1st
century BC
c) in the 2nd
century AD
d) in the 5th
century AD
2. What is most popular way
to show visitors to London around the city?
a) trip by bus
b) trip by boat
c) walk on feet
d) trip by car
3. How many chambers does the
Parliament consist of?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 2
d) 16
4.
When was the Greater Fire?
a)
1666
b)
1065
c)
1940
d)
1945
5. What is the London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?
a) the Tower of London
b) Windsor Castle
c) Buckingham Palace
d) Westminster Palace
6. Where is Nelson’s Column
situated?
a) in Parliament Square
b) in Trafalgar Square
c) in Piccadilly Circus
d) in Oxford Street
7. Where are British kings
crowned?
a) in St. Paul’s Cathedral
b) in Westminster Abbey
c) in Canterbury Cathedral
d) Church of England
8. What chambers does the
British Parliament consist of?
a) The Synod and the
Representative Assembly
b) the Cabinet of Ministers
and the Shadow Cabinet
c) the House of Lords and the
House of Commons
d) the Senate and the House
of Representatives
9. Who presides in the House
of Commons?
a) the Lord Chancellor
b) the Speaker
c) the Chancellor of the
Exchequer
d) the Queen
10. How many regions is London traditionally divided into?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 16
d) 5
11. Who presides in the House
of Lords?
a) the Lord Chancellor
b) the Queen
c) the Speaker
d) the Prime-Minister
12. Where is London’s most famous shopping area situated?
a) City
b) West End
c) East End
d) Westminster
13. Where does the British
Premier live and work?
a) at 10 Downing Street
b) at 1 Oxford Street
c) in the House of Parliament
d) in Buckingham Palace
14. What is there in the East
End?
a) shopping area
b) symbol of luxury of the
city
c) district of factories and
docks
d) historic centre of the
government
15. For what was the Tower
built?
a) to protect the city
b) to used as a monument
c) to used as the royal
residence
d) to used as a prison
16. Who built the abbey and
the palace in Westminster?
a) William the Conqueror
b) Richard the Lion Heart
c) Edward the Confessor
d) Henry Curtmantle
17. Where is the Whispering
Gallery situated?
a) Westminster Abbey
b) Buckingham Palace
c) National Gallery
d) St. Paul’s Cathedral
18. What is the other name
for the Palace of Westminster?
a) Albion
b) Houses of Parliament
c) Representative Assembly
d) Cabinet of Ministers
19. How many parts constitute
Westminster complex?
a) 3
b) 2
c) 5
d) 16
20. What is the Piccadilly Circus famous for?
a) the statue the Angel of
Christian Charity
b) the monument of Nelson
c) traffic jams
d) the National Portrait
Gallery
21. What is the other name
for the Royal Opera House?
a) Pall Mall
b) Covent Garden
c) Haymarket
d) Regent Street
22. When was Hyde
Park opened?
a) in the 14th
century
b) in the 16th
century
c) in the 17th
century
d) in the 21st
century
23. Who were called
“Beefeaters”?
a) Yeoman Warders
b) Kings
c)
Revolutionaries
d)
Artists
24.
What was Kensington until 17th century?
a)
city
b)
borough
c)
village
d)
square
25.
How many boroughs do London consist of?
a)
22
b)
18
c)
29
d)
33
26.
What street is sometimes known as “Mile”?
a)
Shaftsbury Avenue
b)
Regent Street
c)
Oxford Street
d)
Rotten Row
27.
Where is Speaker’s Corner situated?
a)
House of Parliament
b) Kensington Garden
c) Hyde Park
d) Holland Park
28.
Where does the Parliament meet?
a)
Buckingham Palace
b)
Kensington Palace
c)
Westminster Palace
d)
Low Courts
29.
What area is sometimes known as “Albertopolis”?
a)
South Kensington
b)
Bloomsbury
c)
Marylebone
d)
Chelsea
30.
When is Regent’s Park founded?
a)
1945
b)
1941
c)
1812
b)
1666
31. Who was the architect of St.
Paul’s Cathedral in London?
a) Sir Christopher Wren
b) Edward Bailey
c) Henry Tate
d) Guy Fawkes
32.
By whom the Tower was built?
a) William the Conqueror
b) Richard the Lion Heart
c) Edward the Confessor
d) Henry Curtmantle
33.
Where does the Ceremony of Keys take place?
a)
in Westminster Abbey
b)
in Buckingham Palace
c)
in the Tower
d)
in the Bank of London
34.
What place is considered to be the main gate to the City of London?
a)
Baker Street
b)
Fleet Street
c)
Piccadilly Circus
d)
Oxford Street
35.
What is name of the theatre, where Shakespeare’s works were performed?
a)
“Comet”
b)
“Sphere”
c)
“Constellation”
d)
“Globe”
36.
What building is known as “Old Lady of Threadneedle Street”?
a)
Buckingham Palace
b)
the Bank of London
c) Westminster Abbey
d) Westminster Palace
37.
What street in famous with Sir Conan Doyle’s works?
a)
Baker Street
b)
Downing Street
c)
Parliament Street
d)
Regent Street
38. In honor of whom the Big Ben
was named?
a)
Sir Benjamin Britten
b)
Sir Benjamin Johnson
c) Benjamin Franklin
d)
Sir Benjamin Hall
39.
What does London boast of?
a)
modern buildings
b)
numerous parks
c)
exciting places of interest
d)
great history
40.
The statue of who is situated by the side of the National Portrait Gallery?
a)
George Washington
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Margaret Thatcher
b)
Abraham Lincoln
41.
What ceremonial event is Buckingham Palace home for?
a)
Ceremony of Keys
b)
Changing the Guard
c)
Ceremony of coronations
d)
Tea Ceremonies
42.
By what is celebrated the monarch’s official birthday?
a)
Tea Ceremonies
b)
Gunnery on the Horse Parade
c)
March of the Horse Guards
d)
Trooping the Colour on Horse Parade
43.
Where is the Poet’s Corner situated?
a) Westminster Abbey
b) Buckingham Palace
c) National Gallery
d) St. Paul’s Cathedral
44. Where in London
are English artists most fully represented?
a) National Gallery
b) National Portrait Gallery
c) MOMI
d) Tate Gallery
45. What kind of district is Soho?
a) numerous offices
b) variety of shops and
restaurants
c) a lot of cinemas and
theaters
d) exciting parks
46. How is London’s student
quarter known?
a) Marylebone
b) Bloomsbury
c) Chelsea
d) Belgravia
47. In which style is Westminster Cathedral built?
a) in the Gothic style
b) in the Byzantine style
c) in the Modern style
d) in the Roman style
48. What is name for parkland
in the Inner London?
a) Royal Parks
b) Hyde Park
c) Kensington Garden
d) Holland Park
49. Where is the wax figures
of outstanding people exhibited?
a) Tate Gallery
b) National Gallery
c) Madame Tussauds
Museum
d) the Victoria and Albert
Museum
50. What place is named to
commemorate Nelson’s great naval victory of 1805?
a) Piccadilly Circus
b) Trafalgar Square
c) Regent Park
d) Hyde Park
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