Тест по теме "British culture"

BRITISH  culture  IN THE 19^TH AND 20^TH CENTURIES

(quiz)

1.     Who rebuilt the Houses of Parliament?

a)     Charles Barry;

b)    Christopher Wren;

c)     Inigo Jones.

2.     Who built the Nelson Memorial in 1843?

a)     Inigo Jones;

b)    William Railton;

c)     Charles Barry.

3.     Who was the most significant English composer of the 19^th century?

a)     Henry Purcell;

b)    Gilbert;

c)     Sullivan.

4.     Who was the greatest tragic actor of his day on the English stage?

a)     Laurence Olivier;

b)    John Gielgud;

c)     Edmund Kean.

5.     Who was one of the most famous British landscapists?

a)     William Hogarth;

b)    John Constable;

c)     Reynolds.

6.     Constable preferred painting:

a)     cloudy, rainy days;

b)    sunny landscapes;

c)     portraits.

7.     W. Turner began to paint in oil at the age of:

a)     21;

b)    18;

c)     16.

8.     What did W. Turner like to paint?

a)     a sea-wave;

b)    mountains;

c)     portraits.

9.     The founder of the Tate Gallery was:

a)     Winston Churchill;

b)    Henry Tate;

c)     Margaret Thatcher.

10. There are about _____ oils and _____ water colours and drawings in the Tate Gallery.

a)     200 and 10000;

b)    300 and 19000;

c)     100 and 5000.

11. You can see many paintings by:

a)     British artists;

b)    Scottish artists;

c)     Foreign artists.

12. Glasgow art was opened in:

a)     1899;

b)    1900;

c)     1901.