TEST 2
Questions 1-7. Match the following headings (A-H) to the texts (Q1-Q7).
HEADINGS:
A) Collecting money
B) Better see once
C) An international present
D) Size and weight
E) Change of colour
F) American dream
G) Piece by piece
H) Division of labour
Q1.
The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the
people of the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. The
Statue of Liberty
was dedicated on October 28, 1886, designated as a National Monument in 1924 and restored for her 100th
birthday on July 4, 1986.
Q2.
Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was asked to design the sculpture with the year 1876 in mind for
completion, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. The
Statue was a joint effort between America and France and it was agreed upon
that the American people
would build the pedestal, and the French people were responsible for the Statue.
Q3.
In America, fund raising for
the pedestal was going slowly, so Joseph Pulitzer opened up the editorial
pages of his newspaper “The World” to support the fund raising effort. Pulitzer used
his newspaper to
criticize both the rich who didn’t finance the pedestal construction and the middle class who relied on the
wealthy to provide the funds. Pulitzer’s campaign of criticism was successful
in motivating the people of
America to donate.
Q4.
The pedestal construction was finished in April of 1886. The Statue was completed in France in July, 1884
and arrived in New York Harbor in June of 1885 on board the French frigate “Isere”
which transported the Statue of Liberty from France to the United States.
In transit, the Statue was reduced
to 350 individual parts and packed in 214 boxes.
