Life in the UK Test Practice 2026: Test próbny 2

1. Pytanie 1 z 24

   In which English county is Stonehenge?

   • AKent
   • BYorkshire
   • CCornwall
   • DWiltshire
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   Odpowiedź: D. Wiltshire

   Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument built in the Stone Age, stands in Wiltshire.

2. Pytanie 2 z 24

   Who led an unsuccessful Roman invasion of Britain in 55 BC?

   • AEmperor Nero
   • BJulius Caesar
   • CEmperor Claudius
   • DEmperor Hadrian
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   Odpowiedź: B. Julius Caesar

   Julius Caesar attempted an invasion in 55 BC but did not succeed. The Romans conquered Britain later, under Claudius.

3. Pytanie 3 z 24

   In which year did the Romans, under Emperor Claudius, successfully invade Britain?

   • AAD 410
   • BAD 789
   • C55 BC
   • DAD 43
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   Odpowiedź: D. AD 43

   Emperor Claudius led the successful Roman invasion in AD 43.

4. Pytanie 4 z 24

   Who was Boudicca?

   • AAn Anglo-Saxon princess
   • BA Roman empress
   • CA Viking leader
   • DA queen of the Iceni who fought against the Romans
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   Odpowiedź: D. A queen of the Iceni who fought against the Romans

   Boudicca led the Iceni tribe of eastern England against the Romans. A statue of her stands on Westminster Bridge in London.

5. Pytanie 5 z 24

   Why was Hadrian's Wall built?

   • ATo keep out the Picts from the north
   • BTo mark the border with Wales
   • CTo keep out the Vikings
   • DTo protect London from the Saxons
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   Odpowiedź: A. To keep out the Picts from the north

   The Romans built Hadrian's Wall in the north of England to keep out the Picts, ancestors of the Scottish people.

6. Pytanie 6 z 24

   In which year did the Roman army leave Britain?

   • AAD 789
   • BAD 43
   • CAD 410
   • DAD 1066
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   Odpowiedź: C. AD 410

   The Romans left in AD 410 to defend other parts of their empire, after about 400 years in Britain.

7. Pytanie 7 z 24

   Which groups invaded Britain after the Romans left?

   • AThe Huguenots and the Dutch
   • BThe Normans and the Romans
   • CThe Jutes, Angles and Saxons
   • DThe Picts and the Scots
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   Odpowiedź: C. The Jutes, Angles and Saxons

   After the Romans left, tribes from northern Europe called the Jutes, Angles and Saxons invaded. Their kingdoms covered most of England.

8. Pytanie 8 z 24

   In which year did the Vikings first come to Britain?

   • AAD 789
   • BAD 410
   • CAD 43
   • DAD 1066
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   Odpowiedź: A. AD 789

   The Vikings first raided Britain in AD 789. They came from Denmark and Norway.

9. Pytanie 9 z 24

   Which Anglo-Saxon king united the kingdoms and defeated the Vikings?

   • AKing Cnut
   • BAlfred the Great
   • CKing Harold
   • DEdward I
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   Odpowiedź: B. Alfred the Great

   Alfred the Great united the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and defeated the Vikings.

10. Pytanie 10 z 24

    The threat of Viking attacks led people in the north to unite under one king. Who was he?

    • AKenneth MacAlpin
    • BWilliam Wallace
    • CRobert the Bruce
    • DJames VI
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    Odpowiedź: A. Kenneth MacAlpin

    The threat of Viking attacks led people in the north to unite under Kenneth MacAlpin. After this, the name Scotland came into use.

11. Pytanie 11 z 24

    Who won the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

    • AKing Cnut
    • BKing Harold
    • CWilliam, Duke of Normandy
    • DAlfred the Great
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    Odpowiedź: C. William, Duke of Normandy

    William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold at Hastings and became William I of England, known as William the Conqueror.

12. Pytanie 12 z 24

    What was the Domesday Book?

    • AA book of church laws
    • BA history of the Vikings
    • CA record of towns, villages, landowners and animals made for William the Conqueror
    • DThe first printed Bible
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    Odpowiedź: C. A record of towns, villages, landowners and animals made for William the Conqueror

    William the Conqueror ordered a survey of England. It recorded who owned the land and what animals they had.

13. Pytanie 13 z 24

    The Norman Conquest of 1066 was the last time that what happened?

    • AEngland was ruled by a queen
    • BEngland was successfully invaded by a foreign power
    • CWales had its own king
    • DThe Vikings attacked Britain
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    Odpowiedź: B. England was successfully invaded by a foreign power

    No foreign power has successfully invaded England since the Norman Conquest of 1066.

14. Pytanie 14 z 24

    Which English king conquered Wales in the late 13th century?

    • AWilliam I
    • BHenry VIII
    • CHenry V
    • DEdward I
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    Odpowiedź: D. Edward I

    Edward I took control of Wales. The Statute of Rhuddlan of 1284 brought Wales under the English Crown, and he built castles such as Conwy and Caernarfon.

15. Pytanie 15 z 24

    Who led the Scots to victory over the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314?

    • AJames VI
    • BBonnie Prince Charlie
    • CKenneth MacAlpin
    • DRobert the Bruce
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    Odpowiedź: D. Robert the Bruce

    Robert the Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn in 1314, and Scotland stayed unconquered.

16. Pytanie 16 z 24

    Which English king won the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?

    • ARichard III
    • BEdward I
    • CHenry VIII
    • DHenry V
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    Odpowiedź: D. Henry V

    Henry V defeated the French at Agincourt in 1415. This was one of the most famous battles of the Hundred Years War.

17. Pytanie 17 z 24

    About how much of the population of England died in the Black Death of 1348?

    • AAbout one third
    • BAlmost everyone
    • CAbout one tenth
    • DAbout three quarters
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    Odpowiedź: A. About one third

    The Black Death, a plague, killed about one third of the population of England. Scotland and Wales suffered similarly.

18. Pytanie 18 z 24

    Which king was forced by his noblemen to agree to Magna Carta in 1215?

    • AKing John
    • BHenry II
    • CEdward I
    • DRichard I
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    Odpowiedź: A. King John

    In 1215 King John's noblemen made him agree to Magna Carta (the Great Charter).

19. Pytanie 19 z 24

    Why is Magna Carta important?

    • AIt created the House of Commons
    • BIt established that even the king had to obey the law
    • CIt gave every adult the vote
    • DIt ended the Hundred Years War
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    Odpowiedź: B. It established that even the king had to obey the law

    Magna Carta limited the king's power and established the idea that the monarch was subject to the law.

20. Pytanie 20 z 24

    Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

    • AWilliam Shakespeare
    • BWilliam Caxton
    • CJohn Milton
    • DGeoffrey Chaucer
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    Odpowiedź: D. Geoffrey Chaucer

    Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales, a set of poems about pilgrims travelling to Canterbury.

21. Pytanie 21 z 24

    Which two families fought each other in the Wars of the Roses?

    • AThe Tudors and the Stuarts
    • BThe House of Lancaster and the House of York
    • CThe Normans and the Saxons
    • DThe Hanoverians and the Stuarts
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    Odpowiedź: B. The House of Lancaster and the House of York

    The Wars of the Roses began in 1455 and were fought between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.

22. Pytanie 22 z 24

    Who became king after winning the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485?

    • AHenry Tudor, who became Henry VII
    • BEdward IV
    • CHenry VIII
    • DRichard III
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    Odpowiedź: A. Henry Tudor, who became Henry VII

    Henry Tudor defeated and killed Richard III at Bosworth Field and became Henry VII, ending the Wars of the Roses.

23. Pytanie 23 z 24

    Why did Henry VIII break away from the Church of Rome?

    • AHe wanted to become Pope himself
    • BParliament forced him to do it
    • CFrance had invaded England
    • DThe Pope would not let him divorce his first wife
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    Odpowiedź: D. The Pope would not let him divorce his first wife

    When the Pope refused to allow Henry VIII to divorce Catherine of Aragon, Henry set up the Church of England with himself as its head.

24. Pytanie 24 z 24

    Which wife of Henry VIII gave birth to his only son, Edward?

    • ACatherine Howard
    • BAnne Boleyn
    • CAnne of Cleves
    • DJane Seymour
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    Odpowiedź: D. Jane Seymour

    Jane Seymour gave Henry VIII the son he wanted, Edward, but she died shortly after the birth.

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