English file pre-intermediate

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English Department

Complementary Reading Activity

II Media                                                                                                

Teacher: Miss Adriana D álbora                                                                                                

Objective:  To evaluate comprehension of a written text.

1. Write complete answers to the following questions.(20pts)

1. Why can’t the narrator say how,when,or where he met Ligeia?
2. How did the narrator know when Ligeia was in his studio?
3. What did the narrator want to know about Ligeia?
4. Describe the kind of student Ligeia was.
5. How did Ligeia change physically when she first became ill?
6. When did the narrator understand how much Ligeia loved him?
7. Why was Ligeia determined to live?
8. Where did the narrator go to live after Ligeia died?
9. Why did the narrator begin to drink too much?
10. How was Lady Rowena physically different from Ligeia?

1. Write your own ideas to answer these questions. (6p)

1. Why do you think the narrator remarried even though he could not forget his first wife, Ligeia? State your point of view clearly.
2. Do you think Ligeia was really ‘reborn’ or the narrator went mad? Explain.
3. How do you interpret the three or four large drops of a bright red liquid that fell into the glass of wine the narrator had poured to Lady Rowena? Explain.

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