Utterance belongs to. How does it characterize a speaker?

1 We are all human!

2 I murdered God’s anointed Queen.

3 Philip of Spain is a God-fearing man.

4 They call her the Virgin Queen.

5 You must never let me hear of you again!

6 Mary Stuart is our true Queen!

7 I thought I prayed in silence.

8 I want both of them left alone.

9 I don’t know the steps.

10 I will read them with respectful admiration.

11 Must she also have my soul?

Only you know where your duty lies.

Mary Stuart must die!

I don’t want her dropped!

The assassin is seized! The queen is unharmed!

Ex. 3 Explain how you understand the following ideas.

1 He that will lose his life for my sake shall be awarded.

I looked at you in your crib and I loved you from the first.

3 Am I to have no privacy?

4 I am thick and tired of always being in control! – You eat and drink control.

5 If our forces are in readiness then the Queen commands you to set the gentlemen to work.

6 I fail words to express my feelings.

7 The Queen has been attacked and you will be tried for treason.

8 The law must have its way.

Ex. 4 Rearrange the sentences according to the chronological

Order of the events in the episode.

1 Philip of Spain declares war.

2 Queen Elizabeth is attacked, but escapes the assassination.

3 Mary Stuart orders her gentlemen to set to work.

4 Walsingham is trapped in his own web.

5 Walsingham insists on Mary Stuart’s execution.

6 Bess’ cousin is hanged for conspiring against her Majesty.

7 The Queen wants her ladies to be bold and learn to dance volta.

8 Mary of Scots knows who she is and is not afraid of being

executed.

9 Elizabeth signs Mary’s death warrant.

10 Mary Stuart is to be tried for treason having plotted against her

Majesty.

Ex. 5 Answer the questions.

Why was the attempt of the Queen’s assassination devised?

The plotter who tried to undertake the assassination perfectly

knew that the gun hadn’t been loaded, didn’t he?

Who insisted ceaselessly on Mary Stuarts’s execution?

Did the Queen agree willingly to Mary’s execution? Did she

hesitate? Was she in high spirits? Describe the Queen’s state before the bloody act of execution.

5 Was it a righteous thing to kill a Queen? What did the act of murdering a Queen set? Can you give any other examples of the very kind?

Vocabulary Exercises

Ex.1 Choose the best variant to fit each sentence inserting the

Right form.

Can you indicate the way I am to send my … letters.

love, b) intimate, c) personal;

2 In this business everyone should be … and cold-hearted.

smart, b) strong, c) bold, d) miserable;

3 Sir Walter is very eager to show his … in dancing.

skill, b) ability, c) competence;

4 If your things are in …, we can move and be there in time.

full, b) gathered, c) readiness;

5 Do you know how I can get her Majesty’s … .

agreement, b) blessing, c) warrant;

6 The attack wasn’t successful and the assassin has been … .

killed, b) trapped, c) seized;

7 Mary Stuart was suspected and was to be tried for … .

intrigues, b) murder, c) treason;

8 The execution of God’s … Queen has been performed and the war

has been declared.

anointed, b) appointed, c) chosen;

9 She is to be obeyed as she is our … .

main, b) government, c) authority;

10 Walsingham is … in his own web failing to recognize the Spanish

plan.

fallen, b) trapped, c) seized.

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