Penguin Readers Answer Key level

Vanity Fair PRE-INTERMEDIATE 3

(a) He does not take Amelia’s feelings Activities after reading the book
Answers to Book activities
seriously. Open answers
(b) He has a very high opinion of himself.
1 Open answers ■ Student's activities
(c) He may be lying, or he is very obedient
2 a baronet, captain, gentleman, hero(ine),
to his father. Activities before reading the book
governess, lieutenant; army, regiment
(d) He probably borrowed money all the Open answers
b shawl, carriage
time from his friends.
c revolution, debt
(e) Again, he is not too interested in how Activities while reading the book
d take it, this year’s
she feels about him, only how he feels. Chapters 1–5
3 Rebecca Sharp is a governess for Sir Pitt
2 Possible answers 1 (a) (vii) the kindest young lady in the
Crawley’s daughters.
Rawdon played cards and won – there is world
George Osborne is a lieutenant in the
even a suggestion that he did it by hustling (b) (iii) a young girl, employed to be a
British army.
i.e. he pretended to be a bad player and governess
Amelia Sedley is Rebecca Sharp’s friend
lost a lot then other people started to bet (c) (viii) the owner of a school
from school.
more and more and then he suddenly (d) (ii) a teacher of drawing, now dead
William Dobbin is an army friend of George
won. (e) (i) a dancer, French, now dead
Osborne.
They had debts. (f) (v) the employer of Rebecca
Joseph Sedley is Amelia’s brother. He
They tricked the hotel people into thinking (g) (vi) the kind sister of Miss Pinkerton
works for the East India Company as the
that they had got a lot of money from Miss (h) (iv) Amelia’s brother
Collector of Boggley Wollah in Bengal.
Crawley and then left the hotel without 2 (a) because ladies frightened him.
4–5 Open answers
paying the bill. (b) the same reason
6 a battle, colonel, general, major
They paid a small part of some of the bills (c) because he lived in India for so many
b Open answers
and then told people they could not expect years
7 a George Osborne is speaking to his
any more money. (d) perhaps because she knew he had a
father.
b Sir Pitt Crawley is speaking to Rebecca Chapters 12–18 lot of money
Sharp, the governess. 1 The answer is: (e) because he became ill.
c Amelia Sedley is speaking to her new Borrow someone’s house, trick them into (f) perhaps because she liked him
husband, George Osborne. George cooking for you and even providing the (g) because he could not normally do this
Osborne is speaking to his new wife, food – don’t pay. (h) perhaps because he wanted her to
Amelia Sedley. 2 Possible plans think he was fearless
d Rebecca is speaking to George Get black clothes. 3
Osborne, her friend’s husband. Take a carriage with a driver . What who about
e Miss Crawley is speaking to Mr Pitt, Go to Queen’s Crawley.
(a) I’ve asked him Lieutenant Captain
her brother’s oldest son. Don’t look too rich!!
to come to Osborne Dobbin
f Old Mr Osborne is speaking to Major Make friends with Lady Jane.
dinner.
Dobbin, the friend of his dead son. Make friends with Rawdon’s brother.
8 Open answers (b) But he is not Mrs Captain
Get Rawdon’s brother to give him a seat in
9 a True. b Untrue. He goes to India. an easy man. Sedley Dobbin
Parliament.
c True. d Untrue. He leaves one hundred Get Rawdon to help Lord Steyne. (c) He was the Amelia Lieutenant
pounds. Dobbin gives the rest of the Get Lord Steyne to give Rawdon a post as most beautiful Osborne
money. e Untrue. They go after he dies. Governor in the West Indies (or man in the
f True. somewhere!). British army.
10–15 Open answers 3 Possible answers (d) He isn’t Lieutenant Captain
(a) He has not got married since they last exactly good- Osborne Dobbin
met. looking.
(b) He wants her to fall in love with him. (e) I think that I Rebecca Lieutenant
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(c) It was the piano that he bought for her understand Osborne
■ Communicative activities – but told her it was from George. you.
(d) Of course he knew that he had given it (f) Her sweet, Captain Amelia
Activities before reading the book
to her not George. He was poor fresh little Dobbin
Open answers Dobbin because he loved her so much. voice has
Activities after reading a section (e) She wanted to believe that her gone right into
husband had thought about her and my heart.
Chapters 1–5
given her the present. (g) Stop this and Lieutenant Joseph
1 Open answers She was sad when she realised that let’s go. Osborne Sedley
2 Possible answers wasn’t true.
(a) She hoped to marry Joseph for his (h) Stop my Joseph Lutenant
(f) He decided to help her – in fact he
money. dearest, dear- Sedley Osborne
gave her five hundred pounds a year in
(b) She is already thinking about the next dear-dear
his will.
rich man she can marry. (g) Amelia gave her son Georgy to Old Mr
(c) She was not generous to servants. Osborne. 4 (a) brother
(d) She was a snob – she looked down on (h) Although he gave her five hundred (b) year
people from a lower social class. pounds, perhaps he could not actually (c) son
(e) She made friends for what they could call her Mrs Osborne. (d) business
give her, not for friendship itself. 4 Possible answers (e) sister
(f) She knew exactly what she was doing (a) She looked after him and he finally left (f) days
with her friendships. her half his money. (g) university
(g) She lied or pretended things when it (b) Rebecca told her truth about George (h) officer
helped her. and persuaded her to write to him – (i) man
(h) She did not take her job as governess but she had already done so! (j) carriage
very seriously; it was more important (c) Amelia wrote to Dobbin – they married (k) ring
that useful people liked her. and presumably lived happily every (l) games
Chapters 6–11 after. (m)death
(d) Joseph left half of his money to Amelia. (n) voice
1 Possible answers
(e) The never spoke about her – or to her, (o) heart
probably. (p) someone

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Vanity Fair
(q) girl (c) He said that George left £500 then
(r) company said that the other officers collected
Chapters 6–11 the money – in fact, he provided it
himself.
1 (a) Miss Crawley
(d) Miss Osborne – his aunt.
(b) Miss Crawley
3 (a) Amelia’s son, Georgy.
(c) Sir Pitt
(b) Amelia
(d) Rawdon.
(c) Old Mr Osborne
2 (a) True
(d) Amelia’s father
(b) True
(e) Amelia – in old Mr Osbornes words
(c) False – she thought it came from
(f) George Osborne – who fell at
George but it was really from Dobbin.
Waterloo
(d) False – this is what George hoped.
(g) Amelia
(e) True
(h) a school friend of Georgy – probably
(f) True.
rich
(g) False – not a war with Belgium but in
4 Possible answers
Belgium.
(a) Perhaps she didn’t want him out, or
(h) True – probably from playing cards
perhaps she really wanted to get the
3 The words are:
job of governor as a surprise for him.
regiment
(b) He thought she was having an affair
enemy
with him?
gun
(c) Perhaps she was just getting money
general
out of him.
attack
(d) Perhaps she really believed it, or
shot
perhaps she hadn’t done anything
fight
wrong, or perhaps she was lying.
fear
(e) Very difficult to say – does he mean
army
that people get what they deserve?
brave
5
hit
(a) healthy (xvi) waters
win
(b) British (xii) people
die
battle (c) great (iv) dance
4 Open answers (d) card (vi) games
5 (a) False – Rebecca wrote the letter. (e) pretty (ix) lady
(b) False – Rebecca bought them from (f) little (i) bag
the market. (g) beginner’s (xi) luck
(c) False – they were happy, but they
(h) number (v) fifteen
didn’t have much money.
(d) False – she was angry. (i) old (xv) times
(e) True (j) sister’s (iii) child
6 (k) elephant (viii) hotel
(a) lose (xii) mind (l) 300 (xiii) pounds
(b) receive (i) £2000 (m) good (x) life
(c) fall (iii) battle (n) friendly (xiv) talk
(d) feel (x) love and hate (o) soft (vii) hearted
(e) forgive (xiv)son (p) little (ii) carriage
(f) go (ii) abroad
(g) ride (v) carriage Activities after reading the book
(h) look (xiii) nowhere Open answers
(i) shake (viii)hand
(j) have (xi) message
(k) stay (iv) calm
(l) punish (vi) child
(m) spend (ix) hours
(n) say (vii) goodbye
7 Open answers
Chapters 12–18
1 (f) Becky: I must have a sheepdog.
(c) Rawdon: A what?
(d) Lord Southdown: Why do you want a
sheepdog? You haven’t got any
sheep.
(a) Becky: I want a dog to look after me,
to keep the wild animals off me.
(e) Lord Steyne: Can’t the owner of the
sheep protect his dear little sheep?
(b) Becky: No. He likes playing cards too
much.
2 (a) Because he talked about the battle
and knew all about it.
(b) £50 per year from the army.

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