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English-speaking Countries Final Exam Please answer all the questions. Exam 70% Daily performance: 30% Total: 100% Anyone caught cheating by taking notes, books, IPhones etc. into the exam or by copying another student’s work will receive a score of zero. Please write your name, class number and student number clearly on your answer sheet and number your answers sequentially. Please DO NOT write anything on this question paper, anything written on this question paper will not be marked. Please do not turn over this page or start until you are told to do so. Time allowed: 60 minutes What is Geoffrey Chaucer’s masterpiece? Beowulf The Merchant of Venice The Canterbury Tales Hamlet Waiting for Godot is written by: Samuel Beckett George Orwell William Golding D. H. Lawrence Which is NOT a category for Shakespeare’s plays? Romance Comedy Tragedy Historical play Who wrote “Great Expectations”? Jane Austen Charlotte Bronte Oscar Wilde Charles Dickens What proportion of the island of Ireland does the Republic of Ireland occupy? One-sixth b) one-third c) five-sixth d) half What was the law which merged Ireland and Great Britain to create the UK called? Act of Union Act of Britain Act of Ireland Act of Merger Which is NOT one of the main political parties in Ireland? Fianna Fail Liberals Fine Gail Labour What is the water on the west of Australia called? Arafura Sea Indian Ocean South China Sea Pacific Ocean What is the lowest point in Australia? Lake Eyre The Great Artesian Basin Mount Kosciuszko The Great Victoria Desert The Commonwealth of Australia was established in? 1847 b) 1885 c) 1900 d) 1901 Australia completely abolished the White Australia Policy during the government of __________. Earle Paige b) Gough Whitlam c) Joseph Lyons Stanley Bruce The Howard government’s foreign policies were based on relations with which four countries? USA, Japan, UK, China USA, Japan, China, Indonesia USA, Japan, UK, Indonesia USA. UK, China, Indones