B) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Zinchenko Alina

III course, 3 group

TEST

The writers of Scotland

1. Analyse the statement and choose the correct letter.

Who of these authors belong to the writers who have written both in Scots and in English?

a) William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer

b) Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë

C) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Walter Scott

d) Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde

2. Choose the correct letter.

Who is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement?

a)Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

b) Sir Walter Scott

c) Robert Louis Stevenson

D) Robert Burns

3. Choose the correct letter.

Robert Burns’ memory is celebrated by Burns clubs across the world; his birthday is an unofficial «National Day» for Scots and those with Scottish ancestry, celebrated with Burns suppers.

A) True

b) False

c) Hardly ever

d) Impossible

4. Choose an appropriate personality for this statement.

He is most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction.

a) Ian Rankin

b) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

c) Sir Walter Scott

d) Robert Louis Stevenson

5. Match writers with their wide-spread works:

Correct answers:

1. c)

2. d)

3. a)

4. e)

5. b)

6. When Edinburgh was named the world’s first City of Literature by the United Nations’ cultural body UNESCO? Write down the answer (in 2004).

7. Look at the pictures and find the appropriate names for each Scots writers given below:

1. 2. 3. 4.

a) Robert Louis Stevenson

b) Sir Walter Scott

c) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

d) Robert Burns

Correct answers:

1. с)

2. d)

3. b)

4. a)

8. Match the dates of birth with the Scots authors:

Correct answers:

1. b)

2. c)

3. a)

4. d)

9. Continue the sentence.

Famous Robert Louis Stevenson’s work «Kidnapped» is…

a) a tale of piracy, buried treasure, and adventure, originally called the Sea-Cook.

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