Choose the correct answer (a, b or c): 11. The first Englishman to sail around the world was …. a) Sir Walter Raleigh b) Sir Francis Drake c) Sir John Hawkins 12. A kind of Scottish medieval football is called …. a) Ba b) Cnap c) El 13. Caedmon, the earliest known English poet is said to have been …. a) disabled b) illiterate c) blind 14. The cathedrals of St Albans, Durham and Winchester are the best examples of … in architecture. a) Roman style b) Gothic style c) Norman style 15. . .… was the first part of the British Isles to convert to Christianity in 432. a) Ireland b) England c) Wales 16. To get access to the largest university library in the UK a new reader was to … a) play the drums b) recite an oral oath c) pay a tuition 17. ‘Taking silk’ means: a) being elected to Parliament b) being appointed a Queen's Counsel c) early retirement 18. … was started in Great Britain to give people an opportunity to get a degree despite their life circumstances. a) Vocational training courses b) Sixth-form College c) Open University 19. A group of women called … organized meetings asking for Parliament to give them the right the vote. a) the puritans b) the suffragettes c) the rebellions 20. The British government gives loans to help students pay for …. a) their education b) their living expenses c) both