Art, Literature, Music and Famous People of English-Speaking Countries

50 pytań o pisarzach, malarzach, kompozytorach i dziełach kultury krajów anglojęzycznych – po angielsku.

50 pytań · maks. 50 pkt · Wariant B

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Which author wrote „The Hobbit” and „The Lord of the Rings”? (1 pkt)
- A. Roald Dahl
- B. J.K. Rowling
- C. C.S. Lewis
- D. J.R.R. Tolkien
Charles Dickens wrote the play „Romeo and Juliet”. (1 pkt)
- True
- False
Arrange these works by the year of their first publication, from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. „Oliver Twist”
- B. „Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”
- C. „Animal Farm”
- D. „Frankenstein”
Arrange these people by birth year, from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. Stephen Hawking
- B. Alexander Graham Bell
- C. Isaac Newton
- D. Charles Darwin
Match each author with the work they wrote. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. Mary Shelley
2. Lewis Carroll
3. Robert Louis Stevenson
4. Emily Brontë
- A. „Frankenstein”
- B. „Alice's Adventures in Wonderland”
- C. „Wuthering Heights”
- D. „Treasure Island”
Which American artist is famous for his paintings of Campbell's soup cans? (1 pkt)
- A. Andy Warhol
- B. Edward Hopper
- C. Jackson Pollock
- D. Roy Lichtenstein
Which British artist painted the landscape „The Hay Wain” (1821)? (1 pkt)
- A. William Blake
- B. Thomas Gainsborough
- C. John Constable
- D. J. M. W. Turner
Which composer, born in Germany, spent much of his career in London and wrote „Water Music”? (1 pkt)
- A. Edward Elgar
- B. Henry Purcell
- C. Benjamin Britten
- D. George Frideric Handel
Put these English-language writers in chronological order by birth year, from the earliest born to the latest born. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. J.R.R. Tolkien
- B. Charles Dickens
- C. Jane Austen
- D. William Shakespeare
Who wrote the novel „Pride and Prejudice”? (1 pkt)
- A. Jane Austen
- B. Mary Shelley
- C. George Eliot
- D. Charlotte Brontë
Match each author with his or her work. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. William Shakespeare
2. Charles Dickens
3. Mary Shelley
4. Oscar Wilde
- A. „Hamlet”
- B. „Great Expectations”
- C. „The Importance of Being Earnest”
- D. „Frankenstein”
The Beatles were a band that came from Liverpool. (1 pkt)
- True
- False
Arrange these works by the year of first publication, from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. „The Hobbit”
- B. „Pride and Prejudice”
- C. „Oliver Twist”
- D. „The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
Arrange these people by year of birth, from the earliest born to the latest born. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. Charles Dickens
- B. William Shakespeare
- C. Virginia Woolf
- D. Jane Austen
Which writer created the detective Sherlock Holmes? (1 pkt)
- A. Arthur Conan Doyle
- B. Agatha Christie
- C. Robert Louis Stevenson
- D. Wilkie Collins
Which English poet wrote „The Canterbury Tales”? (1 pkt)
- A. John Milton
- B. Geoffrey Chaucer
- C. Edmund Spenser
- D. William Wordsworth
Match each museum or gallery with the city where it is located. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. The British Museum
2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
3. The National Gallery of Australia
4. The Art Institute
- A. Canberra
- B. Chicago
- C. London
- D. New York
Arrange these composers by year of birth, from the earliest born to the latest born. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. Edward Elgar
- B. Henry Purcell
- C. Benjamin Britten
- D. George Frideric Handel
Match each writer with his country of birth. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. Oscar Wilde
2. Mark Twain
3. Charles Dickens
4. Robert Burns
- A. United States
- B. Ireland
- C. England
- D. Scotland
Which British composer wrote the oratorio „Messiah”? (1 pkt)
- A. George Frideric Handel
- B. Benjamin Britten
- C. Henry Purcell
- D. Edward Elgar
Arrange these people by the century in which they were born, from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. Jane Austen
- B. William Shakespeare
- C. Charles Dickens
- D. J.R.R. Tolkien
Jane Austen wrote the novel „Jane Eyre”. (1 pkt)
- True
- False
Arrange these works by their first publication date, from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. „The Picture of Dorian Gray”
- B. „Oliver Twist”
- C. „The Hobbit”
- D. „The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
Arrange these English-language works by their first publication or first performance date, from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. „Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe
- B. „The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- C. „Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
- D. „Hamlet” by William Shakespeare
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer. (1 pkt)
- True
- False
Match each artist or composer with the country where they were born. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. Pablo Picasso
2. Ludwig van Beethoven
3. Claude Monet
4. Vincent van Gogh
- A. Germany
- B. France
- C. Netherlands
- D. Spain
Which English playwright wrote „Hamlet” and „Macbeth”? (1 pkt)
- A. Ben Jonson
- B. Christopher Marlowe
- C. William Shakespeare
- D. John Milton
Which Irish-born writer wrote the play „The Importance of Being Earnest”? (1 pkt)
- A. Oscar Wilde
- B. Samuel Beckett
- C. Bram Stoker
- D. George Bernard Shaw
Edgar Allan Poe wrote the poem „The Raven”. (1 pkt)
- True
- False
Arrange these English-language authors by birth year, from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. Charles Dickens
- B. J.R.R. Tolkien
- C. William Shakespeare
- D. Jane Austen
- E. Mark Twain
Which painter is best known for the series of paintings „Sunflowers”? (1 pkt)
- A. Edgar Degas
- B. Claude Monet
- C. Paul Cézanne
- D. Vincent van Gogh
Which American author wrote the short story „The Tell-Tale Heart”? (1 pkt)
- A. Nathaniel Hawthorne
- B. Washington Irving
- C. Herman Melville
- D. Edgar Allan Poe
Match each famous person with their country of origin. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. Oscar Wilde
2. Mark Twain
3. Charles Dickens
4. Robert Burns
- A. Scotland
- B. Ireland
- C. England
- D. the USA
Arrange these writers by year of birth, from the earliest born to the latest born. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. Edgar Allan Poe
- B. Charles Dickens
- C. Oscar Wilde
- D. Mark Twain
Arrange these events from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. Handel's „Messiah” is first performed (1742)
- B. Shakespeare's „Hamlet” is written (around 1600)
- C. The Beatles release „Abbey Road” (1969)
- D. Jane Austen's „Emma” is published (1815)
Which American painter is best known for „American Gothic” (1930), showing a farmer with a pitchfork standing next to a woman? (1 pkt)
- A. Grant Wood
- B. Norman Rockwell
- C. Edward Hopper
- D. Andrew Wyeth
Match each Shakespeare play with its main character. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. „Hamlet”
2. „Othello”
3. „Macbeth”
4. „Romeo and Juliet”
- A. Scottish nobleman
- B. Moorish general
- C. Young lovers of Verona
- D. Prince of Denmark
Which English poet wrote the epic poem „Paradise Lost”? (1 pkt)
- A. William Wordsworth
- B. Geoffrey Chaucer
- C. Lord Byron
- D. John Milton
Match each writer with the work he or she wrote. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. J. K. Rowling
2. Harper Lee
3. George Orwell
4. F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. Mary Shelley
- A. „Frankenstein”
- B. „Nineteen Eighty-Four”
- C. „The Great Gatsby”
- D. „Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”
- E. „To Kill a Mockingbird”
Arrange these English-language writers by the year of their birth, from the earliest to the latest. (1 pkt, wpisz litery A, B, C… w kolejności)
- A. Charles Dickens
- B. Jane Austen
- C. Oscar Wilde
- D. J.R.R. Tolkien
- E. William Shakespeare
Which writer created the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn? (1 pkt)
- A. Edgar Allan Poe
- B. Mark Twain
- C. Jack London
- D. Herman Melville
Which English author wrote the novel „Robinson Crusoe”? (1 pkt)
- A. Samuel Richardson
- B. Daniel Defoe
- C. Henry Fielding
- D. Jonathan Swift
Match each author with a work they wrote. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. Jane Austen
2. Mark Twain
3. J.R.R. Tolkien
4. William Shakespeare
5. Charles Dickens
- A. „A Christmas Carol”
- B. „Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
- C. „Hamlet”
- D. „Emma”
- E. „The Lord of the Rings”
William Shakespeare was born in the 16th century. (1 pkt)
- True
- False
Charles Darwin published „On the Origin of Species” in 1959. (1 pkt)
- True
- False
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote „Paradise Lost”. (1 pkt)
- True
- False
Who wrote the novel „Great Expectations”? (1 pkt)
- A. Charles Dickens
- B. William Thackeray
- C. George Eliot
- D. Thomas Hardy
Which American poet wrote the collection „Leaves of Grass”? (1 pkt)
- A. Robert Frost
- B. Emily Dickinson
- C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- D. Walt Whitman
Match each author with their famous work. (1 pkt, wpisz literę pasującej odpowiedzi)
1. Mark Twain
2. Edgar Allan Poe
3. Oscar Wilde
4. J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Jane Austen
- A. „The Picture of Dorian Gray”
- B. „Emma”
- C. „The Lord of the Rings”
- D. „The Raven”
- E. „Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. (1 pkt)
- True
- False

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