Современная английская новелла (вторая половина ХХ века). Часть 1

Muriel Spark is celebrated as a …

• novelist and poet
• novelist, playwright, biographer, writer of children’s books and poet
• novelist, playwright and biographer
• novelist and playwright

Destroying Mr. Thomas’ savings Trevor told Blackie there would have been no fun if he had … Mr. Thomas:

• loved
• known
• hated
• respected

Trevor’s father was a …

• former policeman and present lawyer
• veterinary
• former architect and present clerk
• chief of a library

When Raymond came home from the hospital he … the cot in his first fury.

• tried to break
• smashed up
• threw away
• sold

According to Mr. Ferraro, we are taught to pay first attention to … souls:

• our family’s
• the strangers’
• our own
• our friends’

William Ferraro lived in …

• a small house near Westbourne Grove
• an empty house in the Bayswater Road
• a private spacious apartment in Baker Street
• a great house in Montagu Square

George went to Africa …

• to join his uncle’s farm
• because he was engaged with a party of researchers to investigate King Solomon’s mines
• to take part in the local war
• to grow rice, wool and furs

Lou liked when Henry read out lines from his favorite … which he had copied into an exercise book:

• jokes
• poems
• magazines
• novels

According to Kathleen, George spent a long time in her shop, because…

• it made him feel useful
• she wanted him to become her dormant partner
• she needed his help badly
• he didn’t want her to spend too much time with Needle and Skinny

Lou said her rosary … before the Black Madonna:

• three times a week
• every morning
• once a month
• every night

When Mr. Ferraro realized that Miss Saunders betrayed his trust, in her he thought that the next day he would …

• call the police and deliver Miss Sannders up to justice
• forgive her
• reduce the establishment
• set about getting a really reliable secretary

George accused Needle of …

• smoking too much and drinking hot Scotch
• not inviting him to her twenty-first birthday
• believing all the gossip she heard about Matilda
• being rude to Matilda

Before Lou left Elizabeth’s house, she had given Elizabeth …

• a piece of advice how to raise a family
• all her next week’s housekeeping money
• her hat, bag and gloves
• hell

According to George he … a fortune in tobacco:

• made
• tried to make
• was about to make
• lost

Mr. Ferraro told Miss Saunders he could have attended to some of the indulgences if …

• his wife had been less busy
• he had been less occupied
• his wife had not been sick
• he had been more religious

George’s uncle had a … farm in Africa:

• crocodile
• tobacco
• milk
• poultry

When Lou prayed to the Black Madonna, she wanted Oxford to …

• become famous
• get another job in another town
• find a job in another country
• learn good manners

Trevor’s mother considered herself …

• better than the neighbours
• a clever woman
• a woman remarkable for her courage
• the happiest woman in the world

When the new recruit said his name was “Trevor” it was a statement of …

• shame
• challenge
• pride
• fact

Mr. Thomas’ horoscope warned him about …

• danger of serions crash
• dangers of smoking
• dangers of a journey
• danger of death

Blackie said he had seen … at work:

• builders
• burglars
• craftsmen
• housebreakers

According to Mr. Thomas’ horoscope, he should …

• have abstained from any dealings in the first half of that week
• not have left his house on Monday and Tuesday
• not have invited anyone to his house in the first half of the next week
• have been careful of his health in the first half of that month

Miss Saunders was described in the firm’s books as …

• Mr. Ferraro’s special friend
• secret agent
• assistant confidential secretary
• personal assistant

Elizabeth had … children:

• three
• five
• eight
• four

Graham Greenе was a son of a …

• lawyer
• headmaster
• petty official
• doctor

Kathleen’s aunt lived in …

• Derby
• Kent
• Birmingham
• Aberdeen

According to George, he would never have married Matilda if …

• Needle had not refused to marry him
• Needle and George had been nicer to him
• his uncle had cared about him
• he had not loved Matilda so much

Needle got her nickname, because …

• she liked to sew and embroider
• she found a needle in the haystack
• she dreamt of being a dressmaker
• her family had a needle-shop

After leaving the band of archaeologists, Needle was able to live on the fee she got for writing …

• current and foreign news in a local weekly
• leading articles in a local newspaper
• a paragraph in the Beira newspaper
• a gossip column in a local weekly

Blackie asked Trevor if he hated Mr. Thomas a lot, because …

• destroying Mr. Thomas’ savings Trevor said he would have liked to see his face when they were through
• Trevor said Mr. Thomas was his bitter enemy
• Trevor said the moment he destroyed his money was the happiest moment in his life
• Trevor said he would not leave Mr. Thomas alone until he died

When George told Needle that he was going to marry Kathleen, she said it would have been …

• bigamy
• the end of their friendship
• his biggest mistake
• catastrophe for Matilda

Blackie was anxious …

• to make Trevor speak in the humblest accents
• to humiliate Trevor’s pride
• to retain Trevor in the gang if he could
• to get rid of Trevor as soon as possible

Mr. Ferraro insisted on Miss Saunders’ being in a state of … when she looked after his indulgences:

• excitement
• mind
• health
• Grace

Lou did not share her husband’s desire to invite the Ackleys to meet the Farrells because …

• the Ackleys were very poor and of the Farrells were rich
• they had different interests
• the Ackleys were Catholics and the Farrells were Protestants
• the Ackleys were childless and the Farrells had five children

Raymond organized the … lottery in aid of the Church Decoration Fund:

• weekly football
• monthly volley-ball
• daily basket-ball
• yearly basket-ball

Kathleen came to London …

• to marry the hat-shop’s owner
• to support her poor relations and have full-time job in the hat-shop
• to stay with her rich connections and potter intermittently in the hat-shop
• to earn some money and buy a ruined hat-shop

According to Trevor’s plan, Mr. Thomas must have been stuck in …

• the cellar
• the kitchen
• the barn
• the loo

Before his departure Oxford promised to write to the Parkers …

• and he kept his promise
• but he only sent them a couple of telegrams
• but they never heard from him
• but instead of writing, he phoned them twice a week

When George told Needle he was married to Matilda she said it was …

• the best thing he could do for Matilda
• dreadful
• wonderful
• funny

Trevor did not believe in …

• leadership
• hate and love
• the gang
• friendship

Skinny came to London …

• because he was in love with Kathleen and didn’t want to part with her
• to study more archaeology
• to become an actor
• to work against poverty

Raymond considered Elizabeth …

• a clever woman
• a child of nature
• the most beautiful thing he had ever met
• a slut

Skinny persuaded George and Kathleen…

• to emigrate to Africa
• to go to the Portobello Road every Saturday
• to leave London for Glasgow
• to emigrate to Canada

Mr. Hopkinson was Mr. Fеrraro’s …

• distant relation
• childhood friend
• major-domo
• confidential secretary

Mr. Ferraro was …

• punctual and reliable
• gentle and trustful
• absent-minded
• unpunctual and irresponsible

When Mr. Ferraro visited Christie’s, he discovered that Maverick …

• was on the spot
• had got his discharge
• was out
• was ill

In Raymond’s opinion, Oxford was a …

• cheery big soul
• man of moods
• man of wisdom
• simple soul

… was a sidesman:

• Mr. Ackley
• Mr. Farrell
• Raymond
• Henry Pierce

To Needle the main attraction of marrying Skinny was …

• his prospective expeditions to Mesopotamia
• his prospect of success
• her great desire to get married
• her aspiration to have her revenge upon George for unrequited love

Muriel Spark became a … in 1954:

• Roman Catholic
• Moslem
• Buddhist
• Orthodox