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Автор: Хаустова Оксана Владимировна

TEST

№1

Culture and Science in Great Britain. Painting.

 

Choose the right answer:

1. When was the British Council established?

    a. 1934   b. 1943   c. 1990

2. What does the British Council encourage?

   a. walking along streets   b. professional interchange in all cultural fields   c. writing       

   historic books

3. When was the period of English domination of the oceans?

   a. during the white and Red roses’ war   b. during the First World War   c. during the Elisabethan age

4. Name of the famous poet, who lived at the period of English domination of the oceans?

   a. Shakespeare   b. Biron   c. Joahn Rolling

5. What is the cause of artistic hey-day in Britain after the rule of Queen Victoria?

   a. raising the taxes   b. the result of industrialization   c. the opening of the first University

6. What were the peculiarities of English art determined by?

   a. development of American Society   b. exploring of Africa   c. development of English Society

7. What dd English artists work for?

   a. for enjoyment   b. for the king   c. for some private persons

8. This genre was the principal genre of the English school for a long time.

   a. portrait   b. caricature   c. still life

9. The rich nobility considered their portraits as a way of showing their…

   a. charming smiles   b. superiority   c. beautiful clothes

10. In the middle of the 18^th centure landscape painting began to attract attention of…

   a. poor people   b. church   c. artists

 

№2

Museum and Art galleries.

 

Match the description of the museum with its name.

1. contains one of the richest collections of antiquities, holds the Reading Room
2. holds the British national collection of paintings, except modern paintings
3. has a collection of fine and applied arts of all countries and periods
4. has an important collection of painting, tapestries, porcelain and bronze
5. its auction-room are important center of art sale and purchase in the world
6. wax models are in display in this museum
7. opened with the financial support of Sir Henry Tate
8. has annual summer exhibition of contemporary art
9. there is painting from the Royal Collection

 

1. Christie’s
2. the British Museum
3. Madame Tussaud’s museum of Waxworks
4. the Burrel Art Collection
5. the Victoria and Albert Museum
6. the Queen’s Gallery
7. the Tate Gallery
8. the Royal Academy of Arts
9. the National Gallery

 

ANSWERS

TEST №1

1a; 2b; 3c; 4a; 5b; 6c; 7c; 8a; 9b; 10c

 

TEST №2

1b; 2i; 3e; 4d; 5a; 6c; 7g; 8h; 9f