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    1. The document contains a reading comprehension test with 10 multiple choice questions about a passage related to an Egyptian author. 2. The questions ask about the author's father's influence, how the author feels abroad, why he wanted to move to New Zealand, how one of his novels was advertised, and how his work impacts understanding of Egyptian society. 3. The questions also cover why the author does not want to be considered an Arab novelist, how he stays connected to real life, and why remaining connected to common people is important to him.

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    1. The document contains a reading comprehension test with 10 multiple choice questions about a passage related to an Egyptian author. 2. The questions ask about the author's father's influence, how the author feels abroad, why he wanted to move to New Zealand, how one of his novels was advertised, and how his work impacts understanding of Egyptian society. 3. The questions also cover why the author does not want to be considered an Arab novelist, how he stays connected to real life, and why remaining connected to common people is important to him.

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    1. The document contains a reading comprehension test with 10 multiple choice questions about a passage related to an Egyptian author. 2. The questions ask about the author's father's influence, how the author feels abroad, why he wanted to move to New Zealand, how one of his novels was advertised, and how his work impacts understanding of Egyptian society. 3. The questions also cover why the author does not want to be considered an Arab novelist, how he stays connected to real life, and why remaining connected to common people is important to him.

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    Reading B2 KEY

    Part 1

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    C M B F J L A E G K
    Part 2

    1. In what way was his fathers work appreciated? .. (he got) a state award ........................................

    2. What role did his father play in his life? ... he was his first professor of literature/he

    recommended him what to read ...NOT: professor of literature...........

    3. What does he appreciate in America? .. its systemized/its practical/efficiency .......................

    4. Why does he feel homesick abroad? ... because he is not really himself there/he doesnt feel

    himself there/he is not the same person .....NOT: Egypt is his home/he feels good

    5. Why did he want to move to New Zealand? ... because his work was rejected in Egypt/he got

    upset/he said: thats enough/hes fed up (with the publishers)/because of censorship ... NOT: he

    gave up/hes fed up with life ...

    6. How was this novel advertised? .... word spread /it wasnt/a film was made/TV serial/the novel

    sold itself .... NOT: it was a bestseller/ there was a small publisher/quietly.......

    7. How does his work change our understanding of the Egyptian society? ... it gives more

    information/it reveals it/he gives an amazing picture/he embraces every layer of society/ ...

    NOT: secret desires, etc./it gives a picture ...........

    8. Why doesnt he want to be an Arab novelist? ... because literature isnt on an ethnic basis / he

    wants to write for everyone/he prefers to think of himself as part of the republic of literature ...

    NOT: international writer/he doesnt want to present literature on an ethnic basis/he hates to

    present literature on an ethnic basis ...

    9. How does he connect to real life? ..... (through) his clinic/still works as a dentist/he still practices

    ....NOT: the clinics window/across the clinic ....

    10. Why is connection with common people important for him? .... that made him successful/he

    wants to remain normal/he can see whats happening in the street/he cant get disconnected

    (from the street)/he cant get separated (from the street)/it gives ideas to him ......

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