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The writer of The Forsyte Saga John Galsorthy , was a Norbel Prize winner for literature in 1932 .

Essay on Criticism was done by Alexander Pope who was in 18th century poet and critic . William Blake has two collections of poems , which are Song of Experience and Songs of Innocence

D.H. Lawrence was one of the most controversial writers of the early 20th century , Songs and Lovers one of his finest novels , was based partly on his own life .

Emily Bronte and Ovarlotte Bronte are noted for their novel Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre which are largely the love stories of a woman for man .

Daniel Defoe was most famous for Robinson Crusoe

The Canterbury Tales is generally regarlly as Chaucer’s masterpiece .

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The Church of England is “ established “ in English only

The Church of Scotland in organization is Presbyterian

The supreme holy authority of the Roman Catholic Church is the Pope in Rome

The puritans were originally an extreme Protestant sect .

The Puritans characteristic is They are strict teetotalers , They believe in plain food and plain clothing , They are honest

The Puritans form temperance societies to combat the evils of strong drink

The religion in Britain is Today only a minority of people go to any kind of Church regularly , Most of the large majority who do not go to Church still believe in God and Heaven in a confused way , It is most uncommon for a Briton to be converted to Muslim or Buddhist faith

The only non-Christian religion that is widespread in Britain is that of the Jews

The Virgin Birth , The Holy Communion , The Resurrection belong to Christian belief

Jesus Christ was a Jew who lived in Palestine 2000 years ago and is accepted by Christians as the son of God

Jesus Christ was miraculously conceived by a virgin named Mary

Christ’s teaching was based on love . According to Christ’s teaching love ,humility, repentence, prayer lead to everlasting happiness in Heaven .

The holy book of Christianity is The Bible , it consitst of two part , the old testament and the new testament

The Trinity , according to the Christian docrine as developed by St Paul and the early Church , refer to the three aspects of the same one God , God Jesus Holy Spirit

The temporal head of the Church of England is the Queen and twenty-six of its highest priests sit in the House of Lords

Roman Catholics believe that in Holy Communion the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ , whereas most Anglicans think they are simply representations

All the nonconformist sects in Britain agree on the essentials of Christianity but have different methods of organization or form of service

Name five major nonconformist sects in Britain; the Presbyterian , the Methodist Church , The Congregational Church , The Baptist Church , The Quakers

Some of the smaller religious sects in Britain have belief which most people find rather odd, For instance the Christian Scientist believe in faith-healing; the seventh-Day Advertists and The

Jehovah’s Witnesses , both believe in an imminent ‘ second coming ‘ of Christ to earth ; The latter-Day Saints have their own religious system and even scriptures of their own; on the edge of Christianity are the Spiritualists who claim to be able to summon the spirits of the dead to advise and comfort the sad and the bereaved

To other European , the best known quality of the British , and in particular of the English , is reserve

If you meet a stranger from Britain , which of the following question How often do you travel abroad ?

In Britain , if a person is very good at tennis , and someone asks him if he is a good player , he will seldom reply Yes

English sense of humour is characterized by self-deprecation

Humour is highly prized in England , however ,the English do not laugh at a tragedy

Which of the following is not true about the typical Englishman ？He doesn’t expect reserve in-others

The terms such as never hit a man when he’s down and playing fair reflect a sense of sportsmanship

Which of the following is not true about the English class system ？Working –class students cannot receive a university education

The most obvious difference between the working class and the middle class in England is their accent

British habits of politeness are on the whole very informal

If you are invited to an evening meal in a British home , which of the following is considered impolite ? To arrive early

In Britain , you can usually offer money to railway porters who carry your baggage

If old people are respected in Britain , it is because old people are felt to be in need of protection and support

Which of the following is not true about politeness in Britain ?

Britain greetings are complicated

Geographically speaking , the people of the North and West , especially the Welsh , are much less reserved than those of the South and East in Britain .

Within their hearts , the English are perhaps on less conceited than anybody else , but in their relation with others they value at least a show of modesty

Prince Philip once said that a sense of humour is God’s greatest gift to mankind

Boxing , rugby association football , hockey , tennis and cricket were all first organized and given rules in the country Britain

The middle class in Britain consists chiefly of Well-to-do business man and professional people of all kinds . The working class consists chiefly of manual and unskilled workers

In England , middle-class people using slightly varying kinds of received pronunciation which is the kind of English spoken BBC announcers and taught to overseas pupils , Typical working class speak in many different local accents , which are generally felt to be rather ugly and uneducated .

One of the biggest barriers of social equality in England is the two-class education system . To have been to a public school immediately marks you out as one of the middle class .

In England , the midday meal of middle class people is called lunch, and they have a rather

formal evening meal called dinner , whereas the working class man’s dinner , if his working hours permit , is at midday , and his smaller , late evening meal is called supper .

In British habits of politeness , Excuse me is used as an advance apology for troubling somebody , Sorry expresses regreat for an accidental disturbance or breach of manner s , Pardon is the polite way of asking somebody to repeat what he has said ‘ Yes , please ‘ is the opposite of ‘No , thanks ‘when replying to an offer , when you request is granted ; you are always sexpected to say Thank you , when British people ask someone else to do things which would involve real apology like I don’t like asking you , but .

In Britain , the tipping system is confined chiefly to waiters and taxi-drivers , to whom you give an extra tench or eighth of the price of the meal or fare . Hotel servants and railway porters too , expect a small tip if they are of service to you .

In Britain , the great majority of parents send their children to State schools

In Britain education , boys and girls are usually separated in junior schools

Eleven plus is the examination taken by children in their last year at primary school

In the examination called the eleven plus , students with the highest marks go to grammar schools

If a student wants to go to university in Britain , he will bake the examination called the Advanced level of the General Certificate of Education

Public schools in England are usually attended by those whose parents are both rich and politically conservative .

About three-quarters of income of British universities is provided by the State .

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Open Univerisity ? Not university depree is awarded

Every child in Britain must by law receive full-time education from the ago of five to fifteen

In Britain some children go before the ago of five to kindergartens , officially called nursery schools . Most start their education at the age of five in an infants school .

In Britain , the school year begins in the month of September . and is divided into three terms , with holidays at Christmas . Easter and in the summer . The summer holidays are the longest , lasting throughout August and part of September .

In Britain , there are at this time two systems for secondary schooling , the selective and the comprehensive .

In Britain , the schools run by the State is officially called country schools

In Britain , some public schools , like Eton, Rugby , and Harrow , are famous all over the world In Britain , the prep school curriculum differs considerably from that of the junior school , since its main target is not the eleven plus , but the common entrance examination at the age of thirteen , for admission to a co public school .

In Britain education , there is a gradual progress away from exclusiveness and nowhere is this progress more evident than in the universities