25 Legacy B2 P2 Culture Test 1A

TEST 1A (Culture & Intercultural communication – Units 1-8) NAME ......................................................................................................... DATE ..................................... CLASS .......................................................................................................... MARK –––––– 50 1 In what year was The Times newspaper founded? 10 The collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art A 1785 B 1821 C 1986 cover a ….. time span. A 5,000-year 2 Which newspaper started out as a weekly but B 70,000-year became a daily? C 2 million-year A The Guardian B The Observer 11 Which artefact comes from China? C The Independent A The Statue of David B The Mona Lisa 3 ….. reviews on websites can give you an idea C The Terracotta Army what it’s like to work for a company. A Employer B Employee C Candidate 12 Mona Lisa was painted by ….. . A van Gogh B Monet C da Vinci 4 The British Library first opened in ….. . A 1973 B 2003 C 2013 13 Which VR programme offers a driving experience? A VR Museum of Fine Art 5 How many items are contained in the British B VR at The Louvre Library? C The Peterson Automotive Museum A 200 million B 150 million C 100 million 14 Broadway theatres are most famous for staging 6 What is TRUE about the Internet Archive? ….. . A It’s free to users. A musicals B Users need a reading pass. B Shakespeare plays C Users cannot upload information. C modern productions 7 Who said the theatre is ‘the greatest of all art 15 Which newspaper features crosswords? forms’? A The Times A Queen Elizabeth II B The Independent B Shakespeare C The Observer C Oscar Wilde 16 The term ‘yellow press’ is ….. . 8 Which is NOT one of the Royal National Theatre’s A still in common use auditoriums? B rarely used A The Old Vic BThe Olivier C The Lyttleton C no longer in use 9 The British Museum’s façade is based on ….. 17 Laurence Olivier was a famous British ….. . architecture. A actor B artist C journalist A Roman B Greek C Egyptian © Express Publishing PHOTOCOPIABLE 2 Legacy B2 Part Two

TEST 1A (Culture & Intercultural communication – Units 1-8) 18 Compared to broadsheet newspapers, tabloids are 22 The name ‘The Great White Way’ refers to what ….. . aspect of Broadway? A larger in size A the theatres B smaller in size B the road surface C the same size C the lights 19 Red-top papers are so called because the ….. is 23 Which is the Royal National Theatre’s largest printed in red ink. auditorium? A front-page headline A The Lyttleton B name of the paper B The Dorfman C price of the paper C The Olivier 20 Which one was a playwright? 24 The Internet Archive digitises 1,000 books a day in A Peter O’Toole ….. locations round the world. B Oscar Wilde A 20 B 28 C 40 C Laurence Olivier 25 Who founded The Times newspaper? 21 What is TRUE about entrance to The Metropolitan A Rupert Murdoch Museum of Art? B John Edward Taylor A Everyone who visits pays the amount they C John Walter think is right. B It is free for people in some categories. C There is no admission fee. © Express Publishing PHOTOCOPIABLE 3 Legacy B2 Part Two