Choose the correct answer to the following questions.
1 What was Jeffery Archers reaction to the failure of his play?
A He was thoroughly put out.
B He regretted the wastes effort.
C He was sorry about the amount of money he lost.
Β He was unaffected by it.
2. What is Jeffrey Archers main interest in life?
A writing
B politics
C business
D theatre
3. Why did he write his first novel?
A To show how good a story-teller he could be.
B to have some work to do.
C to make money.
D to prove he was successful at something
4. When hes writing, Jeffrey Archer
A has no difficulty thinking up a story.
B finds the actual writing easy.
C maps out an overall plan of the book first
D has a fixed routine
5. Apart from writing novels what else does Jeffrey Archer do?
A He stands for election to Parliament.
B. He makes a lot of speeches.
C He does other kinds of writing.
D He takes long holidays.
6. What is attitude to his publishers/
A He regards them as friends.
B. He respects their work.
C He considers them to be the best in their profession.
D He feels he has to flatter them.
7. What is his relationship with his editor like?
A They continually argue.
B. They disagree about priorities.
C The editor gives advice about the storyline.
D. The editor stresses the importance of the characters.
Comment on the devices extracted from the passage. Write your comments in the
Right column.
Paragraph 1
1. expensive failure2.not noticeably down and a considerable distance from out3.with Kane and Abel having sold and the paperback continuing to rip out of the bookshops
Paragraph 2:
1.literature is not his first love .2. promising political career collapsed .3. which could have crushed most men .4. for good5.cold-blooded intention
Paragraph 3:
1 .who say that , and who arent in the profession .
2. if it were true, - and if it were that easy .
3. I wanted the book to be published, to be read4 .was L 3000, and they published 3000 copies
Paragraph 4:
as an author he has never looked back
Paragraph 5:
never know whats on the next line, whats in the next paragraph, whats on the next page .
Paragraph 6
1 I like that session. Its the only original session2.then I correct from three till five, correct from six till eight .
Paragraph 7
1. Still offered several safe Parliamentary seats a year .2. innumerable speaking engagements .....3. nobody wants you .. there are ten weeks a year when nobody wants you to speak
Paragraph 8
1 .to an extent which must warm their hearts .
Paragraph 9
1 .hes tough. He drives me and drives. He never writes a word . Hes never satisfied. He doesnt have a lot to do with plot 2. Hell get me to build characters build, build the whole time
Paragraph 10
1. I like storytellers. Im a story teller.2. Im not good enough to be a writer. Im Jeffrey Archer and I tell a tale.3. I hope people turn the pages, and I hope they enjoy it, and in the end, thats what I ask for.
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198 Can you explain what the author means?
- Archer divides novelists into storytellers and writers
- I like storytellers. Im a storyteller. Im not good enough to be a writer.
199 Which should the storyteller give priority to, in your opinion?
- the plot and its development?
- the characters?
- the description?
- the stylistic devices?
- other?
200 After youve read and analysed the passage, what Belarusian/Russian
equivalent would you suggest for the title? Write it down below.
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201 Now read a passage from Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less and identify the
