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1. No.10 Downing Street is____.
A Office of British Navy
B official residence of Prime Minster
C seat of English Parliament
D official residence of King
2. Increasingly troubled by the inroads of northern tribes such as Goths, the West Empire finally collapsed in__.
A 395 B 27 B.C.
C 476 D 1453
3. Who wrote "I came, I saw, I conquered"?
A Horace B Virgil
C Marcus Tullius Cicero D Julius Casar
4. When the Hundred Year's War ended in 1453, the only part of France that was still in the hands of English is__.
A Calais B Paris
C Aquitaine D Anjor
5. Big Ben is the nickname of__.
A Sir Benjamin Hall B Benjamin Franklin
C 315-foot Clock Tower D Sir Charles Barry
6. In England, the most famous of the Catholic conspiracies was__.
A The Cobham's plot B the murder of Thomas Becket
C the execution of Mary Queen of Scots D the Gunpowder Plot
7. The author of On the Origin of Species is__.
A George Baron B Charles Darwin
C John Baldwin D Winston Churchill
8. The author of On the Nature of Things is __.
A Horace B Virgil
C Lucretius D Julius Caesar
9. Which of the following is by far the most influential in the West?
A Christianity B Buddhism
C Islamism D Judaism
10. The Old Testament consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important of which are the first fie books, called __.
A Exodus B Commandments
C Amos D Pentateuch