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                             Choose the correct answer                                           

1.The first printed book appeared in England in                         

a) 1472;

b) 1473;

c) 1474;

d) 1487                                                                                           

2. The name of the poet who was called “ The Father of English poetry” is

a) Geoffrey Chaucer;

b) Rudyard Kipling;

c) Robert Burns;

d) Bernard Show.

3.On January, 22 we celebrate the anniversary of  … birthday.

a) Defoe’s

b) Byron’s

c) Marshal’s

d) Shakespeare’s

4.On April, 23 we celebrate the anniversary of 

a) Kipling’s birthday;

b) Shakespeare’s  birthday and St. George’s Day;

c) Swift’s birthday;

d) Hemingway’s birthday.

5. What English writer wrote a poem devoted to Ukrainian hetman Mazepa?

a) Daniel Defoe

b) George Gordon Byron;

c) Rudyard Kipling;

d) William Shakespeare.

6. George Gordon Byron was born in                                   

a) Manchester;

b) London;

c) Stratford-upon-Avon;

d) Cambridge.

7. George Gordon Byron was born in

a) 1781;

b) 1788;

c) 1878;

                            d) 1887.

8. Byron’s last work was

a) a novel “Don Juan”;

b) a poem “Child Harold’s Pilgrimage”;

c) a poem “Cain”;

d) a poem “Manfred”.

9. George Gordon Byron lived only to

a) 34;

b) 36;

c) 38;

d) 39.

10. Alan Marshal was

a) Australian;

b) Ukrainian;

c) American;

d) English.

11) Alan Marshal was

a) a businessman;

b) a poet;

c) a writer;

d0 a scientist.

12. Alan Marshal was born in        

a) the poor family;

b) the rich family;

c) the family of a farmer;

d) the family of a famous painter.

13. At six Alan Marshal

a) began to work;

b) went to school;

c) fell ill;

d) travelled around his country.                       

14. Alan Marshal

a) poems;

b) tales;

c) jokes;

d) ballads.

15. Alan Marshal wrote about

a) himself and his friends;

b) children, animals and nature;

c) the life of poor people;

d) the sights of his country.

16.During the Second World War Alan Marshal was

a)a correspondent;

b) a doctor;

c) a soldier;

d) a sailor.

17. In 1978 Alan Marshal was awarded by

a) the Nobel Prize for Literature;

b) the Order of the Friendship of the Peoples;

c) the Oscar;

d) the Grammy.

 

 

18.William Shakespeare was a famous               

a) Canadian;

b) Ukrainian;

c) English;

d) German.

19. William Shakespeare was a famous

a) painter;

b) economist;

c) playwright;

d) musicіan.

 

20. William Shakespeare was born in

a) 1564;

b) 1565;

c) 1654;

d) 1664.

21. William Shakespeare was born in

a) London;

b) Stratford-upon-Avon;

c) New York;

d) Oxford,

22. William Shakespeare studied at

a) primary school;

b) secondary school;

c) grammar school;

d) university.

23. At school William Shakespeare was fond of

a) Maths;

b) Latin;

c) English folk songs and ballads;

d) Sport and History.

24. William Shakespeare isn’t an author of

a) “King Lear”;

b) “Macbeth”;

c) “Richard III”;

d) “Martin Eden”.

25. William Shakespeare founded

a) a cinema;

b) a theatre;

c) a gallery;

d) a museum.

26. The name of Shakespeare’s building was

a) “The Globe”;

b) “The Map”;

c) “ The Pointer”;

d) “The Blackboard”.

27. William Shakespeare died in

a) 1601;

b) 1616;

c) 1661;

d) 1666.

28. Rudyard Kipling was              

a) British;

b) English;

c) American;

d) Canadian.

29. Rudyard Kipling was a famous

a) writer;

b) scientist;

c) musician;

d) playwright.

30. Rudyard Kipling was born in

a) 1568;

b) 1586;

c) 1658;

d) 1865.

31. Rudyard Kipling was born in

a) Scotland;

b) England;

c) India;

d) America.

32. Kipling’s father  was a famous

a) painter;

b) doctor;

c) teacher;

d) correspondent.

33. Rudyard Kipling published his first book of poems at

a) 17;

b) 21;

c) 30;

d) 33.

34. At the end of his life Rudyard Kipling lived in

a) England;

b) India;

c) France;

d) Canada.

35. Rudyard Kipling wrote his last book in

a) 1629;

b) 1692;

c) 1926;

d) 1962.

36. Rudyard Kipling is not an author of

a) “Six Serving Men”;

b) “How the Whale Got His Throat”;

c) “Jungle’s Book”;

d) “Hamlet”.

37. Rudyard Kipling died in

a) 1639;

b) 1693;

c) 1936;

d) 1963.

38. The First Englishman who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature was

a) William Shakespeare;

b) Robert Burns;

c) Rudyard Kipling;

d) Daniel Defoe.

39. Robert Burns was

a) English;

b) Australian;

c) Ukrainian;

d) Canadian.

40. Robert Burns was a famous              

a) philosopher;

b) writer;

c) actor;

d) singer.

41. Robert Burns was born in

a) 1579;

b) 1597;

c) 1759;

d) 1795.

 

 

42. Robert Burns was born in

a) England;

b) Scotland;

c) Canada;

d) Australia.

43. Robert Burns was born in

a) a rich family;

b) a poor family;

c) a family of a famous actor;

d) a family of a sailor.

44. Robert Burns began to write his poems at

a) 13;

b) 15;

c) 16;

d) 18.

45. Robert Burns wrote about

a) children, animals and nature;

b) his friends;

c) his native country and the life of poor people;

d) the life of rich people.

46. Robert Burns is not an author of

a) “A Red, Red Rose”;

b) “My Heart’s in the Highlands”;

c) “the Tree of Liberty”;

d) “Six Serving Men”.

47. Robert Burns died at the age of

a) 36;

b) 37;

c) 38;

d) 39.

48. Robert Burns became famous

a) when he began to write;

b) when he wrote “My Heart’s in the Highlands”;

c) after his death;

d) when he wrote “the Tree of Liberty”.

49. Jack London was

a) American;

b) New Zealander;

c) French;

d) English.

50. Jack London was born in

a) 1768;

b) 1786;

c) 1867;

d) 1876.

51. Jack London was born in

a) Los-Angeles;

b) San-Francisco;

c) New York;

d) Lancashire.

52. Jack London is not an author of

a) “The Son of Wolf”;

b) “The White Fang”;

c) “King Lear”;

d) “Martin Eden”.

53. Jack London died at the age of

a) 38;

b) 40;

c) 43;

d) 50.

54. Ernest Hemingway was          

a) English;

b) Australian;

c) American;

d) New Zealander.

55. Ernest Hemingway was

a) a writer;

b) a painter;

c) a doctor;

d) a musician.

56. Ernest Hemingway was born in

a)1889;

b) 1891;

c) 1898;

d) 1899.

57.Ernest Hemingway got his education in

a) Canada;

b) America and abroad;

c) Great Britain;

d) America.

58. Ernest Hemingway is not an author of

a) “Macbeth”

b) “And the Sun Also Rises”;

c) “For Whom the Bell Tolls”;

d) “The Old Man and the Sea”.

59. Ernest Hemingway died in

a) 1916;

b) 1919;

c) 1961;

d) 1966.

60. Mark Twain was                 

a) British;

b) American;

c) English;

d) Canadian.

61. Mark Twain was a famous

a) writer;

b) poet;

c) lawyer:

d) philosopher,

62. The real name of Mark Twain is

a) Charles Dodgson;

b) James Aldridge;

c) Samuel Clemens;

d) Jonathan Swift.

63. Mark Twain was born in

a) 1538;

b) 1583;

c) 1835;

d) 1853.

64. Mark Twain was born in the state of

a) Arizona;

b) Kansas;

c) Michigan;

d) Missouri.

65. The first profession of Mark Twain was

a) a printer;

b) a doctor;

c) a lawyer;

d) a teacher’

66. Mark Twain is not an author of

a) “The Adventure of Tom Sawyer”;

b) “The Prince and the Pauper”;

c) “ The White Silence”;

d) “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn”.

67. Mark Twain died in

a) 1901;

b) 1910’

c) 1911;

d) 1919.

68. Jonathan Swift was

a) British;

b) English;

c) Canadian:

d) American.

69. Jonathan Swift was a famous

a) printer;

b) writer;

c) poet;

d) economist.

 

 

70. Jonathan Swift was born in

a) 1661;

b) 1667;

c) 1761;

d) 1766.

71. Jonathan Swift was born in

a) Oxford;

b) Colorado;

c) Dublin;

d) Manchester.

72. Jonathan Swift is not an author of

a) “A Tale of the Tub”;

b) “Gulliver’s Travels”;

c) “The Book’s Battle”;

d) “Tom Sawyer Abroad”.

73.Jonathan Swift died in

a) 1547;

b) 1574;

c) 1745;

d) 1754.

74. Charles Dickens was

a) Canadian;

b) American;

c) English;

d) Australian.

75. Charles Dickens was

a) a poet;

b) a clerk;

c) a writer;

d) a postman.

76. Charles Dickens was born in

a) 1812;

b) 1818;

c) 1821;

d) 1828.

77. Charles Dickens was born in

a) Lancashire;

b) Portsmouth;

c) Cambridge;

d) Coventry.

78. Charles Dickens is not an author of

a) “Oliver Twist”;

b) “American Notes”;

c) “The Pickwick Papers”;

d) “King Lear”.

79. Charles Dickens died in

a) 1708;

b) 1780;

c) 1807;

d) 1870.

80. George Bernard Shaw was

                                          a) Canadian;

b) New Zealander;

c) Australian;

d) English.

81. George Bernard Shaw was

a) a novelist;

b) a playwright;

c) a dramatist;

d) a short-story writer.

82. George Bernard Shaw was born in

a) 1658;

b) 1685;

c) 1856;

d) 1865.

83. George Bernard Shaw was born in

a) Dublin;

b) London;

c) Liverpool;

d) Sheffield.

84. George Bernard Shaw began to work at the age of

a) 13;

b) 15;

c) 17;

d) 18.

85.George Bernard Shaw is not an author of

a) “Candida”;

b) “Plays Pleasant”;

c) “Pygmalion”;

d) “ Alice In Wonderland”.

86. George Bernard Shaw died in

a) 1509;

b) 1595;

c) 1905;

d) 1950.

87. Daniel Defoe was

a) American;

b) English;

c) Canadian;

d) Australian.

88. Daniel Defoe was

a) a writer;

b) a poet;

c) a painter;

d) an actor.

89. Daniel Defoe was born in

a) 1600;

b) 1606;

c) 1660;

d) 1661.

90. Daniel Defoe was born in

a) Stratford-upon-Avon;

b) London;

c) Dublin;

d) York.

91. Daniel Defoe is an author of

a) “Twelfth Night”;

b) “Winnie-the-Pooh”;

c) “The Old Man and the Sea”;

d) “Robinson Crusoe”.

92.Daniel Defoe wrote his novel at the age of

a) 30;

b) 40;

c) 50;

d) 60.

93. Robinson Crusoe lived on an island for … years.

a) 17;

b) 21;

c) 24;

d) 30.

94. Daniel Defoe died in

a) 1317;

b) 1371;

c) 1713;

d) 1731.

95. Lewis Carrol was

a)  English;

b) British;

c) Canadian;

d) American.

96. Lewis Carrol was

a) a poet;

b) a writer;

c) a gardener;

d) a farmer.

97. Lewis Carrol was the pen-name of

a) Samuel Clemens;

b) Bernard Shaw;

c) Charles Dodgson;

d) Mark Twain.

98. Lewis Carrol was born in

a) Canada;

b) France;

c) Germany;

d) England.

99. Lewis Carrol was born in

a) 1328;

b) 1382;

c) 1823;

d) 1832.

100. Lewis Carrol is not an author of

a) ”Jane Eyre”;

b) “ Alice in Wonderland”;

c) ”Martin Eden”;

d) “Henry IV”.

101. Lewis Carrol died in

a) 1891;

b) 1898;

c) 1981;

d) 1988.