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олимпиадные задания по английскому языку (9 класс)

                                                                  Quiz

1. What English writers do you know?

2. Whom do the following lines belong to ‘We know what we are, but we know not, what we  may  be’.

3.  In which centuries did Shakespeare live?

4. Where was W. Shakespeare born?

5. What was W. Shakespeare’s first profession?

6 .What is the name of  Shakespeare’s  theatre?

7. What is the name of the most Shakespeare’s play about tragic love?

8. What was Robinson Crusoe friend’s name?

9. What subject did Lewis teach at Cambridge University?

10.  What animal did Alice meet at the beginning of the fairy-tale about her adventures in Wonderland?

11. What was profession of Sherlock Holmes’ best friend?

12. What was Sherlock Holmes’ address?

13. What musical instrument did Sherlock Holmes play?

14. What animal was the main enemy of Mowgli in the book by Rudyard Kipling?

15. Who wrote the book about Winnie-the-Pooh?

16. How many crime novels did Agatha Christie write?

17. What famous detective-story writers do you know?

18. Who wrote “Cabbages and Kings”?

19. Who wrote beautiful poem “My Heart’s in the Highlands”?

20. What is this poem about?

21. Who is the author of novel “Mary Poppins”?

22 Who is the author of novels “Pygmalion” and “My Fair Lady”?

23. What American writers do you know?

24 .What American writer   was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature?

25. What are  his  the  most famous works?

26. What is Mark Twain’s real name?

27. What was the aunt’s name of Tom?

28. Which great American river plays an important part in the famous novels by Mark Twain?

29. What was the name of the girl that Tom Sawyer liked?

30. What was the second book about this naughty boy?

                                                                          Answers;

1. The Brontes, Lewis Carroll, Geoffre’s Chancer,Conan Doyle. J.Herriot,A. Milne, W.Scott.
2. W.Shakespeare.
3. 16-17 centuries
4. Stradford-upon –Avon
5. Actor
6. Globe Theatre.
7. Romeo and Julet.
8. Friday
9. Math
10. Hare
11. Doctor
12. Baker Street 221b
13. Violin
14. Tiger Sharhan
15. Alan Milne
16. 78
17. A. Cristie, C. Doyle, W.Collins
18. O’Henry
19. Robert Burns
20. It’s a hymn to the beauty of Scotland’s nature.
21. Pamela Travers.
22. B.Show.
23. W. Irving, O. Henry.J. London.R.Bredberry.
24. Ernest Hemingway.
25. “The Old Man and the Sea”.”A Farewell to Arms”. “For Whom the Bell Toll”.
26. Samuel Clemens.
27. Polly.
28. Missisipi.
29. Becky Thatcher.
30. “The Adventures of Huckberry Finn”