E X E R C I S E 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage. 1. According to the story related in the passage, Cariyle reacted to the loss of his manuscript by A) reproaching his friend severely
B) comforting his friend
C) dismissing the maid
D) arguing with his wife
E) running frantically to his friend's house
2. After Cariyle had finished his three-volume The French Revolution, he A) left it with his friend John Stuart Mill for proofreading
B) was devastated to find out that it had been completely burnt
C) fell out with his friend John Stuart Mill
D) published several other books
E) lost interest in history
3. In the opinion of the author, most people who read Cariyle today A) are forced to do so as part of a history course
B) are interested in his valuable theories
C) do not believe in his "messages"
D) don't understand why he was such a highly regarded writer
E) are students of French literature
E X E R C I S E 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.
1. When Franz Kafka was dying he ordered his friend Max Brod to destroy all of his
unpublished Max Brod ignored this and edited and published them
instead.
2. Don't worry about tidying up. The will do it after we leave for the
theatre.
3. When I heard about the tornado in Austin, lexas, I was with worry until
I managed to contact my sister who lives there. Thankfully, she and her family were all fine.
4. We were all waiting for the professor to say something, but he barely .• a
word.
5. Among the ancient Greeks, the word "tyrant" was not a term of , but
merely meant one who had seized kingly power without the qualification of royal descent.
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