MIDTERM ASSESSMENT (100 p)

Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms.

Task 1. Give the English equivalents of the following words:

1. дразнить, подтрунивать _____________________________________

2. лейтенант _____________________________________
3. самострел _____________________________________
4. состоятельный человек_____________________________________
5. публичный дом _____________________________________
6. воспаление легких_____________________________________
7. благородная  организация _____________________________________
8. обмороженное место _____________________________________
9. крестьянин_____________________________________
10. русло реки _____________________________________

Task 2. Complete the test:

1. What rank does Frederic Henry hold?

a) corporal
b) lieutenant
c) major
d) sergeant
2. A close friend of Henry, "ladies’ man", flirts, very outgoing:
a) Gavuzzi
b) Passini
c) Rinaldi
d) Manera
3. What war was going on and who was Italy fighting?
a) World War I, against Germany and Austria
b) World War II, against Germany and Austria
c) Civil War, against Germany and Austria
d) Great War, against Germany and Austria
4. At the beginning of the novel, Henry reports that seven thousand soldiers have died due to:
a) the most recent enemy attack
b) cholera
c) starvation
d) jaundice
5. Immediately before Henry kisses Catherine for the first time, they make a pact to do what?
a) keep their affair a secret from Rinaldi and Miss Ferguson
b) drop all discussion about the war
c) love each other always
d) meet the coming battle bravely
6. Before Henry heads off to the front at Plava, what did Catherine give him?
a) the stick once owned by her fiancé
b) a bottle of grappa
c) a love letter
d) a St. Anthony capsule
7. The dugout is:
a) a shelter, usually for soldiers, made by digging a hole in the ground
b) a strong, rough cloth used for making tents
c) a thick main stem of a tree, from which its branches grow
d) an injury caused by severe cold
8. Before the mortar wounded him, why did Henry leave the dugout?
 a) to rescue one of his ambulance drivers who is stranded outside the dugout
b) to get food for his drivers
c) to prove to his men that he is brave
d) he is about to abandon his troops but then changes his mind
9. What happened to Frederic at the front?
a) he was wounded in the head and leg
b) he was wounded in the back
c) he lost an eye
d) he broke his left arm
10. Why did the barber who came to shave Henry almost killed him?
a) he desperately wanted to end the war and believed that killing an officer would make that happen
b) he mistook Henry for an Austrian soldier
c) he was crazy
d) Henry resembled the man’s son, who was killed earlier in the war

Task 3. Give a character sketch of:

a) Catherine Barkley
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b) Doctor Rinaldi
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c) Helen Ferguson___________________________________________________________________
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