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1. Answer the questions:

1. What did everyone tell Mr. Otis about Canterville Chase?

2. What happened to the Duchess of Bolton?

3. Where did the Otis family come from?

4. What did Mrs. Otis look like?

5. How many children did the Otis family have?

6. Who was Mrs. Umney?

7. What did Mrs. Otis suddenly notice on the floor?

8. When was Lady Eleanore de Canterville murdered?

9. What did Washington Otis do with the blood stain?

10. Why was Mrs. Umney extremely upset?

2. True or false?

1. When Mr. Otis bought Canterville Chase everyone told him he was doing a very stupid thing.

2. Rev. Augustus Dampier has never seen the ghost.

3. Mr. Otis didn’t mind a ghost in the house.

4. Mrs. Otis was an ugly old lady.

5. Virginia E. Otis was a little girl of five.

6. The twins were the only true democrats of the family.

7. Mrs. Otis noticed a beautiful handmade carpet on the floor just by the fireplace.

8. Lady Eleanore de Canterville was murdered by her cousin in 1575.

9. Sir Simon’s body has never been discovered.

10. Mrs. Umney warned Mr. Otis to beware of some trouble coming to the house.

3. Find in the text the English equivalents to the following words and expressions:

выздороветь, приходской священник, замечание, в конце сезона, знаменитая красавица, женщина средних лет, телосложение, во многих отношениях, светловолосый, сделал ей предложение, достопочтенный, в прекрасном расположении духа, стая грачей, витраж, пережил ее на 9 лет, при загадочных обстоятельствах, раскат грома, лишиться чувств, остерегаться, прибавка к жалованию.

4. Write questions to the following answers.

1. When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, everyone told him he was doing a very stupid thing.

2. The Dowager Duchess of Bolton was frightened to a fit.

3. Lady Canterville often couldn’t sleep because she heard some mysterious noises.

4. It always makes its appearances before the death of any member of the family.

5. The Minister and his family went down to Canterville Chase at the close of the season.

6. Gardenias and the peerage were his only weaknesses.

7. Virginia was a girl of fifteen.

8. Duke of Cheshire proposed for Virginia on the spot.

9. Mrs. Otis noticed a dull red stain on the floor.

10. His body has never been discovered.

5. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.

1. There was no doubt at all that the place was _________.

2. Lord Canterville did not quite understand Mr. Otis’s last ______________________.

3. A few weeks after this, the ______________ was concluded.

4. Duke of Cheshire _________________ for Virginia on the spot.

5. The air was __________________ with the scent of the pinewoods.

6. The sky became suddenly _____________ with clouds.

7. His ____________ spirit still haunts the Chase.

8. In a few moments no ____________ of the blood-stain could be seen.

9. There was________________, however, that she was extremely upset.

10. Mr. Otis and his wife warmly _______________ her that they were not afraid of ghosts.