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president Abraham Lincoln

1. kept the union together and abolished slavery
2. was president of the Confederate States during the Civil War
3. was the 16th American president and was assassinated in 1865
4. was the 8th American president and abolished slavery

Martin Luther King was

1. the 38th president of America and fought discrimination
2. an American priest who led the protest march on Washington
3. a president who is famous for his I have a Dream speech
4. a minister whose statue can be seen in the National Mall

a primary school is called -------- in the USA

1. junior school
2. junior high
3. elementary school
4. nursery school

a private primary school in England is called

1. preparatory school
2. prep school
3. public school
4. boarding school

a public school in England is

1. a boarding school
2. a private primary school
3. a school that everybody, the public, can attend
4. a private secondary school

well-known public schools in England are

1. Eton, Harrow and Gordonstoun
2. Eton, Yale and Gordonstoun
3. Eton, Harvard and Gordonstoun
4. only Eton and Harrow

Universities in the USA ith a very high ranking and reputation are

1. Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton and 8 others
2. Yale, Harvard and 8 others
3. the Ivy League universities
4. The Varsity Collegiates

In England your grade /level would be called

1. grammar school
2. 5th grade
3. 6th form
4. junior

first year

sophomore

junior

fourth year

freshman

second year

third year

senior

Great Britain consists of

1. Scotland, England , Wales and Northern Ireland
2. Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland
3. Scotland, England, Wales

The UK consists of

1. Scotland, England, Wales , Northern Ireland
2. Scotland,England, Wales, Ireland
3. Scotland, England, Wales

the NHS in England is

1. Nationwide Heath System, which is a free health care system
2. National Health Service, which is a free heath care system
3. same as SBS in the Netherlands, a broadcasting corporation
4. commercial rival of the BBC, a television network

Besides Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle Queen Elizabeth II
owns --------other palaces

1. two
2. three
3. four
4. five

GCSE is

1. the exam in England for secondary school students,
2. the General Certificate for Secondary Education
3. the General Central Student Exam
4. the Grammar Central School Exam

In the USA high school students have to do their

1. SCE
2. GCSE
3. SAT
4. A-levels

Thanksgiving in the USA is celebrated on the

1. before Black Friday in October
2. 3rd Tuesday in September
3. 4th of July
4. 4th Thursday in November

Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night in England is celebrated on

1. the 5th of Nov and it commemorates the blowing up of Parliament
2. the 5th of Sept and it commemorates the blowing up of Parliament

Remembrance Day, in England, which is the Sunday closest to the 11th of November, commemorates the fallen soldiers in England's wars is sometimes called

1. Veteran's Day
2. Poppy Day
3. White Lily Day
4. Daffodil Day

CAE stands for

1. Cambridge Advanced English exam
2. Cambridge Advanced Exam
3. Certificate in Advanced English