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Practice questionLife in the UK Test
What was the Domesday Book?
Correct answer
A record of the towns and villages in England, who lived in them, who owned the land and what animals they owned
Why
William the Conqueror ordered the Domesday Book. It still exists and gives a picture of society in England just after the Norman Conquest. The pilgrims' stories are Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Answer choices
- AA record of the towns and villages in England, who lived in them, who owned the land and what animals they owned
- BA collection of stories told by pilgrims travelling to Canterbury
- CThe first English translation of the Bible
- DA list of the laws agreed by King John