Warsaw Part Two

Warsaw Part Two

by Waine Evans

Multiple Choice

The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is built __ the site that was once the infamous Warsaw ghetto.

• on

• by

• at

• in

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Here, more than _____ men, women and children were incarcerated in just less than one and a half square miles.

• 200,000

• 300,000

• 400,000

• 500,000

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Nearby, ___ Warsaw Uprising Monument and ___ Warsaw Rising Museum pay tribute to one of ___ bravest chapters of the city’s long history.

• a

• an

• the

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The Palace of Culture and Science, is ___ remnant from ___ slightly later era, it was ___ gift to ___ Polish people from Stalin at ___ height of ___ Cold War.

• a

• an

• the

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Travel a little further back in time with a _____ along the Royal Route. This path was once used by Polish Kings traveling from the Old Town to the Wilanów Palace.

• walk

• wander

• stroll

• strut

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What year Nicolaus Copernicus pass away?

• 1523

• 1533

• 1543

• 1553

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Today it is a popular tourist walk, studded with historical sites. As you head along Nowy Swiat Street, you’ll pass the monument to Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus, who on his deathbed in 1543, revolutionised science with his theory that the earth orbits the _____.

• sun

• moon

• stars

• galaxy

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A little closer to the river is the Copernicus Science Centre whose mission is to inspire people to observe, experiment and challenge conventional ______.

• intelligence

• insight

• philosophy

• wisdom

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you heard them.

• This musical genius so loved the city of his birth that he requested his heart be returned to Warsaw when he died.

• During the summer months, Chopin’s music floats through Lazienki Park, the largest park in Warsaw.

• In the Holy Cross Church, lies a very personal reminder of another of Warsaw’s famous sons, composer and pianist, Fryderyk Chopin.

• You can see where it now resides here.

• Lazienki Palace started life as a bathhouse but in the 18th century, the last Polish King converted it into his summer residence.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you heard them.

• This musical genius so loved the city of his birth that he requested his heart be returned to Warsaw when he died.

• During the summer months, Chopin’s music floats through Lazienki Park, the largest park in Warsaw.

• In the Holy Cross Church, lies a very personal reminder of another of Warsaw’s famous sons, composer and pianist, Fryderyk Chopin.

• You can see where it now resides here.

• Lazienki Palace started life as a bathhouse but in the 18th century, the last Polish King converted it into his summer residence.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you heard them.

• This musical genius so loved the city of his birth that he requested his heart be returned to Warsaw when he died.

• During the summer months, Chopin’s music floats through Lazienki Park, the largest park in Warsaw.

• In the Holy Cross Church, lies a very personal reminder of another of Warsaw’s famous sons, composer and pianist, Fryderyk Chopin.

• You can see where it now resides here.

• Lazienki Palace started life as a bathhouse but in the 18th century, the last Polish King converted it into his summer residence.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you heard them.

• This musical genius so loved the city of his birth that he requested his heart be returned to Warsaw when he died.

• During the summer months, Chopin’s music floats through Lazienki Park, the largest park in Warsaw.

• In the Holy Cross Church, lies a very personal reminder of another of Warsaw’s famous sons, composer and pianist, Fryderyk Chopin.

• You can see where it now resides here.

• Lazienki Palace started life as a bathhouse but in the 18th century, the last Polish King converted it into his summer residence.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you heard them.

• This musical genius so loved the city of his birth that he requested his heart be returned to Warsaw when he died.

• During the summer months, Chopin’s music floats through Lazienki Park, the largest park in Warsaw.

• In the Holy Cross Church, lies a very personal reminder of another of Warsaw’s famous sons, composer and pianist, Fryderyk Chopin.

• You can see where it now resides here.

• Lazienki Palace started life as a bathhouse but in the 18th century, the last Polish King converted it into his summer residence.

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The last stop on the Royal Route is Wilanow Palace. With its luxurious artworks and formal garden, it is an outstanding _____ to Poland’s early wealth and magnificence.

• witness

• evidence

• proof

• testament

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But even as Warsaw honours its past, this city of rebirth is creating new stories.

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Poland’s economy has _____.

• grown

• boomed

• risen

• crashed

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That economic success is reflected in the luxury _____ that have sprung up, such as Zlote Tarasy and the VITKAC department store.

• malls

• shops

• centres

• stores

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Other areas in Warsaw are also being transformed. A number of former industrial areas are now serving up _____ edge spaces and hip restaurants.

• unique

• distinctive

• cutting

• eccentric

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Visit Praga, on the right bank of the Vistula River to discover venues like the Soho _______. Once an ammunition _______, it is now home to a range of stylish shops and museums such as the Neon Museum.

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This exhibition is dedicated to preserving the iconic signs from Warsaw’s Soviet era, many __ which were produced by some __ Poland’s most famous artists.

These reclaimed urban areas are perhaps the perfect reflection __ Warsaw today.

• in

• of

• by

• at

• on

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Put the sentences back into the correct order you heard them

• It reminds us that, no matter how dark a city’s past, the spirit of hope will always triumph in the end.

• Just like the people of Warsaw, these young and innovative areas are creating new life and beauty amidst the remnants of an often tragic history.

• Warsaw today shines like a beacon to the the world.

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Put the sentences back into the correct order you heard them

• It reminds us that, no matter how dark a city’s past, the spirit of hope will always triumph in the end.

• Just like the people of Warsaw, these young and innovative areas are creating new life and beauty amidst the remnants of an often tragic history.

• Warsaw today shines like a beacon to the the world.

Multiple Choice

Put the sentences back into the correct order you heard them

• It reminds us that, no matter how dark a city’s past, the spirit of hope will always triumph in the end.

• Just like the people of Warsaw, these young and innovative areas are creating new life and beauty amidst the remnants of an often tragic history.

• Warsaw today shines like a beacon to the the world.