1.

There is, in fact, a complicated division of loyalties among many people in Britain,
and especially in England.
Are there any distinct national loyalties or regional loyalties in your country? If so, is
the relationship et!een the nation in any !ay similar to that et!een the nations in
Britain?
".The land and climate of Britain have a notale lac# of e$tremes
%o! do the land and climate of your country differ from those of Britain?
&. Bearing in mind its climate and general character, !hich part of Britain !ould
you choose to live in? 'hy? Is this the same part that you !ould li#e to visit for a
holiday? 'hy (not)?
*. The attitude of the British people to!ards their royal family has changed over the
last +uarter of the t!entieth century. In !hat !ay has it changed, and !hat
demonstrates that there has een a change? 'hy do you thin# this happened?
,. -rom your reading of this chapter, !hat can you say aout the trends in the
British educational system? Is it moving to!ards greater or lesser uniformity?
To!ards more or less provision efore and after the years of compulsory
schooling? .oncentrating more on purely academic su/ects or on more
practical ones?
0. Thin# of the most !ell1#no!n symols and to#ens of nationality in your country.
Are they the same types of real1life o/ects (plants, clothes) that are used in Britain?
2. The dominance of England in Britain is reflected in the organi3ation of the
government. There are ministers for 4cotland, 'ales and 5orthern Ireland, ut there is
no minister for England.
6o you thin# this is good for the people of the other British nations (they have special
attention and recognition of their distinct identity) or is it ad (it gives tthem a #ind of
second1 class colonial status)?
7. 6oes the capital city of your country stand in the same relation to the rest of the
country as 8ondon does in Britain?
9. Bearing in mind its climate and generel character, !hich part of Britain !ould you
choose to live in? 'hy? Is this the same part that you !ould li#e to visit for a holiday?
'hy (not)?
1:. 6o the social classes in your country differentiate themselves in the same !ays as
they do in Britain? 6o language, accent, clothes, money, haits and attitudes play the
same roles in your country?