Anton Pavlovich Chekhov “The Darling”

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Anton Pavlovich
Chekhov
“The Darling”
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Choose the correct item.
1. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in 1816
a. true
b. false
c. not stated
2. His father had his own greengrocer’s
a. true
b. false
c. not stated
3. Chekhov had got 5 brothers and sisters
a. true
c. not stated
b. false
4. He and his father brought home the bacon
a. true
b. false
c. not stated
5. Chekhov’s first works were published in the magazine New Times
a. true
b. false
c. not stated
6. The short story “Ward № 6” was written in 1890
a. true
b. false
c. not stated
7. Chekhov had been suffering from the tuberculosis since his youth
a. true
b. false
c. not stated
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3a. Match sentences (a-g) to the appropriate gap in the text (1-7)
A. Olenka followed him noiselessly.
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B. She would fall asleep still thinking of the same
things, and tears would roll down her cheeks from her
closed eyes.
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C. His mother left on a visit to her sister in
Kharkov and never came back.
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D. How is a little fellow to do all that?
E. I can go the rest of the way myself.
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F. He drank three glasses of tea, ate two large
cracknels and half a buttered roll.
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G. “What a shame to have to wake him”, she
thought.
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