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Toruń - What do you remember?

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Mikołaj Kopernik was not only an astronomer but he had many versatile interests. We call such a person „a man of:

a)

gothic”

b)

baroque”

c)

reneissance”

2.

Toruń was founded in 1230. What about Poznań?

a)

Toruń is older

b)

Toruń jest younger

c)

they are the same age

3.

The monument of a donkey at the market reminds of:

a)

animals which were traded a long time ago (trade - handlować)

b)

stubbornness of inhabitants in the fight against Teutonic knights (stubbornness - upartość, Teutonic knights - Krzyżacy)

c)

an old whipping post (whipping post - pręgierz)

4.

There is only a toilet tower left after the Teutonic Knights’ castle. It was called:

a)

lazaret

b)

gdanisko

c)

the tower of hygiene

5.

The war that decided that Toruń was incorporated into the territory of Poland again was:

a)

II World War

b)

Great Northern War

c)

Thirteen Years’ War

6.

What are the names of Toruń Cathedral Saints?

a)

St Paul and Peter’s

b)

Ss Johns’

c)

St Nicolas’

7.

The biggest bell in Toruń is called in Latin Tuba Dei. This means in Polish:

a)

God’s Wrath (wrath - gniew)

b)

Remember about death

c)

God’s trumpet

8.

Whose heart is buried in Toruń cathedral?

a)

Jan Olbracht’s

b)

Casimir the Great’s

c)

Władysław Jagiełło’s

9.

Which building in Toruń is built like a calendar?

a)

cathedral

b)

planetarium

c)

town hall

10.

What do Poznań and Toruń have in common? ( have something in common - mieć coś wspólnego)

a)

gothic town hall

b)

ring of fortifications from the XIX century

c)

baroque parish church (parish church - fara)

11.

What was the name of the international association of towns which included Toruń? (international association - międzynarodowe stowarzyszenie)

a)

North Atlantic Pact

b)

Hanza

c)

Union of Freemasonry (Union of Freemasonry - Związek Wolnomularstwa)

12.

First and second Toruń Treaties were important for Poland because of the fights against (treaty - traktat)

a)

Swedish people

b)

Lithuanians

c)

Teutonic Knights (Teutonic Knights - Krzyżacy)

13.

After partitions Toruń was incorporated into the territory of: (partitions - rozbiory)

a)

Austria

b)

Russia

c)

Prussia

14.

Special buildings built at the Wisła river to store grains are called: (store grains - przechowywać zboże)

a)

silos (silos - silosy)

b)

granaries (granaries – spichlerze)

c)

warehouses (warehouses - magazyny)