Ii. choose the correct answer (a, b or c):
11.the first political parties in england were …
a) presbyterians and independents
b) orangemen and jacobites
c) the whigs and the tories
12.on queen’s official birthday is observed the ceremony of …
a) changing the guard
b) mounting the guard
c) trooping the colour
13.orangemen’s day is observed in
a) scotland
b) northern ireland
c) england
14.oliver cromwell
a) defeated james ii at the battle of the boyne in 1690
b) deposed richard ii
c) headed the “new model” army during the english revolution
15.britain’s colonial empire was dismantled
a) as a result of the industrial revolution
b) after the second world war
c) after the civil war in ireland (1919-1921)
16.the normans defeated the anglo-saxons at the battle of
a) waterloo
b) trafalgar
c) hastings
17.the celts were
a) legendary warriors of slavonic ancestry
b)farmers and traders
c) norman tribes of goths, goons and averians
18. the other name for shrove tuesday is
a) pancake day
b) guy fawkes’ day
c) remembrance day
19. capitol is the residence of
a) supreme court
b) electoral college
c) congress
20.william wallace and robert bruce were
a) the national heroes of scotland
b) the participants of the gunpowder plot
c) the leaders of the jacobite risings

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