Read chapters from 4 to 7 and answer the following questions

1. Give a characteristic of the events following and preceding Stanford White’s murder as narrated from the side of Evelyn Nesbit.
2. Describe the conditions in which Harry K. Thaw was kept in jail? Speak about his manners and attitudes.
3. Describe the episode with Houdini’s “strange confronta­tion” during his prison escape and his reaction. What was the root of his depression?
4. Speak about the personality of Freud, what do you know about his works, explain the phrase “At least a decade would have to pass before Freud would have his revenge and see his ideas begin to destroy sex in America forever”. How did Freud come to the conclusion that “America is a mistake, a gigantic mistake”.
5. Speak about labor unions, why were they “an affront to God”, refer to the ironic juxtaposition of God and property. Quote the text. Did the labor unions protect all workers?
6. How did Evelyn Nesbit's concern for the thirty-two-year-old geriatric artist and his daughter begin?
7. Render the episode with poverty balls.
8. Explain the nature of Evelyn’s feeling for the Jewish family.

Look up the dictionary for the following words and statements:

Lapel (n)

Starboard (n)

Jam (v)

Disembark (v)

Fish chowder

Apron (n)

Horseshoe (n)

Constellation (n)

Emboss (v)

Torch (n)

Rehearse (v)

Testimony (n)

A regal dowager

Despise (v)

Con­nive (v)

Deranged (adj.)

Laudanum

Syringe (n)

Tem­ple (n)

Imperious

Concoct (v)

Affidavit (n)

Chaperone (n)

Shriek (n)

Cop­ulate (v)

Con­valescence (n)

Tacit (adj.)

Laceration (n)

Tier (n)

Well (n)

Valet (n)

Impec­cable style

Stoop (v)

Catwalk (n)

Tulle (n)

Coiffure (n)

Exaltation (n)

Suffuse (v)

Impend (v)

leg irons (n)

Warden (n)

To trade quips with (v)

Contrive (v)

Demur (v)

Profess (v)

Stunt (n)

Humidor (n)

Decanter (n)

On one’s person

Callus (n)

Makeshift (adj.)

A ven­triloquist's dummy

Obscene (adj.)

Fumblingly (adv.)

Agile (adj.)

Fuddy-duddies

Iridescent (adj.)

Grips (n)

Yatter (v)

Composure (n)

Nemesis (n)

Commemorate (v)

Sleight of hand

Remonstration (n)

Clerestory windows

Auspicious (adj.)

Disciple (n)

Litchi nuts

Nickelodeon (n)

Yiddish (adj.)

Public facility (n)

Silhouette portraits

Mentor (n)

Embark (v)

Steeplechase (n)

Overcast (adj.)

Mangle (v)

Hansom (n)

Curb (n)

Nag (n)

Yoke (v)

Ragmen (n)

Livery (n)

Jodhpurs (n)

Muck (n)

Threadbare coat (n)

Slums (n)

Defile (v)

Vagrancy (n)

Dewy (adj.)

Drayman (n)

Plod by (v)

Inconspicuous (adj.)

Infer from (v)

Liaison (n)

Slanderous (adj.)

Infatuated (adj.)

Gaze (n), (v)

Intimidate (v)

Pushcart (n)

Chain latch (n)

Scandalize (v)

Cot (n)

Crockery (n)

Kinship (n)

Frail (adj.)

Tormented pride

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