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14. One of the famous contemporaries of William Shakespeare was …
a. Christopher Marlowe
b. George Gordon Byron
c. Alexander Pushkin


15. One of the famous contemporaries of Queen Elizabeth I was … .
a. William Somerset Maugham
b. William Shakespeare
c. Charles Dickens


16. First major English dictionary was published in 1775. It was written by … .
a. Samuel Johnson
b. Geoffrey Chaucer
c. Robert Burns


17. … was executed in 1649.
a. Charles I
b. Henry VII
c. Henry VIII


18. … got the title of Lord Protector in 1649.
a. Oliver Cromvell
b. John Milton
c. Charles I


19. … was elected President of the Royal Society in 1703.
a. Isaac Newton
b. Charles Darwin
c. James Watt


20. Name the Scottish leader of the uprising against the English oppressors:
a. William Wallace
b. King John
c. William of Orange


21. The first seaman to get a grand funeral in the Westminster Abbey was … .
a. Admiral Blake
b. Francis Drake
c. William of Orange


22. Britain`s national museum of art & design in South Kensington is called … .
a. the British Museum
b. the National Gallery
c. the Victoria & Albert Museum


23. The V&A was established in … .
a. 1852
b. 1825
c. 1925


24. Queen Victoria was the granddaughter of … .
a. King George III
b. King George II
c. King George I


25. The symbol of expensive & high – class living in London is … .
a. Harrods
b. Whitehall
c. Trafalgar Square


26. The V& A museum is situated in … .
a. Harrods
b. Hyde Park
c. St James`s Park