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The Library was refounded after the Fire and the collection was ___ up again by gift and purchase during the 17th and 18th centuries.

The most famous of all English scientists, Isaac Newton, is considered by historians of science to ___ crowned and ended the scientific revolution with the 1687 publication of his Principia Mathematica.

The MPs ___ expected to observe discipline and to vote with the party.

The Muscovy Company held a monopoly over trade between England and Russia ___ 1698.

The name Britain is derived from the ___ name Britannia.

The new design added the red saltire cross of St Patrick's Flag for ___.

The new Sovereign is proclaimed at an Accession Council to which all members of the Privy Council ___ summoned.

The origin of the library dates ___ to the seventh century.

The Party gives emphasis ___ the importance of law and order.

The party is highly disciplined, and its leader is accepted as the director of ___policies.

The party’s Central Office is responsible ___ the leader.

The persecution of continental Protestants forced Elizabeth ___ war, a situation which she desperately tried to avoid.

The present monarch, ___, is directly descended from Saxon king Egbert, who united England under his rule in 829.

The situation with Mary Queen of Scots was ___vexing to Elizabeth.

The sons of the Sovereign and their descendants have precedence over daughters in ___ to the throne.

The south-east of Scotland was colonised ___ the Angles and formed, until 1018, a part of the Kingdom of Northumbria.

The southeastern part of Great Britain ___ still connected by a strip of low marsh to the European mainland in what is now northeastern France.

The spread of musical interest in Britain owes ___ to the British Broadcasting Corporation.

The Union Flag, also known as the ___, is the national flag of the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom is one of ___ constitutional monarchies within Europe.

The United States ranges from the Atlantic Ocean on the nation's ___ coast to the Pacific Ocean bordering the west.

The University of Oxford is first ___ in 12th century records.

The USA is located in the middle of ___ North American continent with Canada to the north and the United Mexican States to the south.

There are ___ 900 museums and art galleries in Britain.

These colleges were established ___ a time when Europeans were starting to translate the writings of Greek philosophers.

Throughout Britain there are festivals and centres of ___ activity.

To speakers of Germanic languages, the Britons ___ called Welsh.

Traces of early humans have ___ found in Great Britain from some 700,000 years ago and modern humans from about 30,000 years ago.

Up until about 9,000 years ago, Great Britain ___ joined to Ireland.

Visit the Old Curiosity shop and the office ___ Charles worked at the age of fifteen.

What are the criticisms of ___ British monarchy?

What books ___ Dickens have you read?

What charity work ___ performed by the Royal Family?

What do you know about ___ British monarchy?

What happens ___ the coronation ceremony?

What is the second journey through Dickens's London famous ___?

What is ___by the separation of powers?

What King is Queen Elizabeth II directly descended ___?

What places in ___City of London inspired Shakespeare?

What ___ more modern ceremonies and customs?

What ___ known about the English Act of Settlement (1701)?

When the flag ___introduced in 1606, it was known simply as "the British flag" or "the flag of Britain".

Why is Dickens regarded ___ a London writer?

Why ___ so many people who visit London today try to write Sherlock Holmes letters?

You know much about Sherlock Holmes's investigations, ___ you?

You will also discover the 16th century riverside ___ inspired Shakespeare.

___ the end of the tour you can visit the Dickens House museum.

___ has been mentioned, the form of the Labour Party’s annual conference reflects the origins of the party as the political arm of the trade unions.

___British Museum Library contains about six million books.

___ artists, writers, musicians and architects exert a powerful influence abroad.