Test 35 — Life in the UK Test Practice
About Test 35 (Official 3rd Edition Handbook)
Test 35 is a free 24-question practice test for British citizenship naturalisation and Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR / settlement) applicants in the United Kingdom. Every question is written directly from the official Home Office handbook, Life in the UK: A Guide for New Residents (3rd Edition), covering British values, UK history, society, and government. To pass the official Life in the UK Test (booking fee £50 at gov.uk), candidates must answer at least 18 out of 24 multiple-choice questions correctly (75% pass mark) within 45 minutes.
Life in the UK Test 35
Which of the following lines from Shakespeare’s plays and poems is often still quoted?
Correct Answer: All the world’s a stage
"All the world's a stage" is one of the most famous lines from the works of William Shakespeare. It comes from his play As You Like It (Act II, Scene 7) in the speech beginning "All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players".
Shakespeare (1564–1616) wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets and is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. Many of his phrases and lines continue to be quoted and have entered everyday use in modern English.