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SESSION DE JUIN 2018 / Du 4 au 15 juin 2018

EXAMEN : Civilisation B/EN ...... NUM. : BT0274 ......

TITULAIRE : Stuart Coe ...... ______

There are TWO parts to this exam.

Part One (40 marks)

Answer one of the questions below. Please give examples and your opinion where appropriate.

1. How has invasion affected the history of Britain?

2. Was the a for ?

3. How does the education system in England differ from that of your own country? Do you think it is better? Why/Why not?

4. How does class affect the lives of British people?

5. What were the consequences for the British of winning the Second World War?

6. Who are the most important British prime ministers of the 20th century? Why?

Part Two (20 marks)

Put a tick or a cross next to the right answer.

1. Which Roman emperor conquered Britain? o Augustus o Nero o Caligula o Claudius

2. The Romans almost lost Britain as a province following an uprising led by: o Boudicca o Calgacus o Vercingetorix o Asterix

3. Who is the only English king to be given the title of 'the Great'? o Alfred o Canute o Egbert o Edward

4. Who instructed the waves to go back? o King Canute o King o Queen Victoria o King Alfred the Great

5. William the Conqueror defeated King Harold at the: o battle of Bosworth o battle of Marston Moor o battle of Crecy o battle of Hastings

6. In 1215 King John signed the Magna Carta, which stated that no free man could be: o tried by a jury o executed by the king o punished except through the law of the land o arrested by the sheriff of Nottingham if dressed as a chicken

7. Complete the famous quotation from Shakespeare’s Henry V: We few, we happy few … o we men of mars o we band of brothers o we warriors unequalled o we blessed by fortune

8. Complete Queen 's famous words: I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman … o but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too o but I have the courage of a man, and a man of England too o but I have the beauty of a queen, and of a queen of England too o but I have the power of a god, and the will to use it too

9. The Parliamentarians in the were known as: o the Cavaliers o the Roundheads o the Crusaders o the Blockheads

10. London's famous baroque churches were mainly built by: o Alexander Pope o Samuel Pepys o Christopher Wren o Jonathan Swift

11. The official residence of the prime minister of the is: o 3 Abbey Road o 221B Baker Street o 84 Charing Cross Road o 10 Downing Street

12. Complete the famous quotation by Wordsworth: Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive… o but to be English was a true gift o but to be young was very Heaven o but to be wise was greater still o but to survive was a miracle

13. The 's greatest victory (confirming British mastery of the seas) was at: o the Battle of Trafalgar o the Battle of Waterloo o the Battle of El Alamein o the Battle of Hastings

14. Byron was described as: Mad … o and moody o bad and dangerous to know o male and moronic o sad and terrible at cricket

15. Napoleon is said to have remarked: o England is a nation of shopkeepers o England is a nation of warriors o England is a nation of womanizers o England is a nation of wizards

16. Margaret Thatcher famously said that there was no such thing... o as society o as bad profits o as the raving right o as a funny German

17. By ‘public school’ the British usually mean: o an elite state school o an elite private school o a o a faith school

18. The BBC's mission is to: o educate, educate, educate o fight them on the beaches o spread the Good News o inform, educate and entertain

19. The national of is: o Land of my fathers o Scotland the brave o Flower of Scotland o Abide with me

20. Two examples of "broadsheets" are: o the Guardian and the Times o the Economist and Private Eye o the Daily Mail and the Daily Express o the Sun and the Daily Star