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Test 36 — Life in the UK Test Practice

About Test 36 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)

Test 36 is a free 24-question practice test for British citizenship naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR / settlement) applicants in the United Kingdom. Every question is written directly from the official Home Office handbook, Life in the UK: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition), covering British values, UK history, society, and government. To pass the official Life in the UK Test (booking fee £50 at gov.uk), candidates must answer at least 18 out of 24 multiple-choice questions correctly (75% pass mark) within 45 minutes.

Question 1: In the UK, most people live in towns and cities, and only very small parts of Britain are countryside.Question 2: Which British writer wrote satirical novels including Brideshead Revisited?Question 3: Where does the UK Parliament sit?Question 4: Which of the following public services can be controlled by the devolved administrations?Question 5: The Welsh Assembly (the Senedd) has been suspended on a few occasions.Question 6: Which of the following is a traditional character of pantomime?Question 7: Which of the following jobs is usually unpaid in England, Wales and Scotland?Question 8: When did Gordon Brown take over as Prime Minister from his predecessor Tony Blair?Question 9: The Life in the UK test is usually taken is English, although special arrangements can be made if you wish to take it in French.Question 10: Where is the best preserved prehistoric village in northern Europe located?Question 11: Which of the following is a famous example of stained glass?Question 12: Who is the head of the Church of England?Question 13: Who is responsible for managing relationships with foreign countries?Question 14: If a husband forces his wife to have sex, he can be charged with rape.Question 15: In the UK, owners are responsible for keeping their dog under control and for cleaning up after their dog in public places.Question 16: Where in England was one of the Anglo-Saxon kings buried with treasure and armour?Question 17: When did King Edward I of England introduce the Statute of Rhuddlan, by which Wales was annexed to the Crown of England?Question 18: The settlement of Scottish and English Protestants in Ulster during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I, who took over land from Catholic landholders, is known as what?Question 19: What was the symbol of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses?Question 20: After King Alfred the Great defeated the Vikings, many of the Viking invaders stayed in Britain, especially in the east and north of England, in an area called what?Question 21: The Reform Act of 1832 increased the number of people with the right to vote.Question 22: Which TWO of the following poems are from the Middle Ages?Question 23: Who defeated the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314?Question 24: How long did the Hundred Years War between England and France actually last?

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Which TWO of the following poems are from the Middle Ages?

Correct Answers: The Canterbury Tales; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Two famous poems from the Middle Ages are:

1. The Canterbury Tales (c.1390s) — written by Geoffrey Chaucer and told through a collection of stories by pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury. Chaucer wrote in Middle English and is considered the father of English literature.

2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c.1370s) — an anonymous Arthurian poem about the knight Sir Gawain and his test of honour and courage against the mysterious Green Knight. It is considered one of the greatest poems of Middle English literature.

Paradise Lost (1667) was written by John Milton and Macbeth was written by Shakespeare — both from the 17th century.