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Answer the questions below (Page 7 - exercise 1)

a. What were Wildes parents famous for?

His father was a doctor and archaeologist. His mother was a writer.

She wrote nationalist poems and articles in favor of womens rights.

b. What was Wildes childhood like?

His childhood was happy.

c. Where did he study?

Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford.

d. Why did aestheticism shock many people?

It shocked people because it said that art has no moral purpose.

Also, the aesthetes acted and dressed in shocking ways.

e. Why did Oscar Wilde go to America?

To explain Aestheticism to the Americans, so they could understand

the operetta Patience.

f. What is The Picture of Dorian Gray about?

Dorian Gray is a young man; he sells his soul to stay young and

attractive.

g. What is Oscar Wilde most famous for?

His witty plays.

h. What is the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol about?

Wildes experience in prison.

i. How old was Wilde when he died?

He was 46.

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Read the questions below. For each questions, mark the letter next

to the correct answer A, B, D or D. (Page 21 - exercise 1)

1. When the mermaid sang for the fisherman, he stopped fishingbecause

2. What must the fisherman do to marry the mermaid?

3. The mermaid does not know about souls because

4. The priest thinks that the fishermans soul

5. The merchants think that the fishermans soul

6. Which of the following best summarizes the chapter?

A He caught enough fish the first time she sang for him.

B X He liked listening to the mermaid and he did not think about fishing anymore.C No fish came when she sang.

D He wanted to catch her, and he forget about fishing.

A X He must send his soul away.

B He must catch all the fish in the sea.

C He must catch her again.

D He must let her go.

A You cannot see them.

B They are not precious.

C You cannot touch them.

D X She does not have one.

A Does not know what is right and wrong.

B X Is very precious.

C Is not a precious as a false coin.

D Does not exist.

A Is not precious.B Is a precious as all the gold in the world.

C X Is lost.

D Will soon be very happy like the fauns and mermen.

A Different ways of being.

B A happy marriage.

C X Different ideas about the soul.

D How to send away your soul.

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Complete the sentences below with one of the verbs from page 22

in the past simple. Decide if the verb is affirmative or negative.

(Page 23 - exercise 3B)

a. The fisherman did not catcha monster for the queen.

b. The mermaid did not sing songs about things on the land.

c. The fisherman forgothis nets because the mermaid was so beautiful.

d.

Oscar Wildebeganstudying at Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1874.e. The mermaid becamemore beautiful every time the fisherman saw

her.

f. The priest sawthe fisherman outside his house.

g. The fisherman did not go out fishing every morning.

h. The fisherman letthe mermaid go.

i. Every evening the mermaid cameto the fisherman.


a.

What was the witch like?

She was young and beautiful.

b. Did the fisherman want to keep his soul?

No, he didnt.

c. Why did he feel this way?

He wanted to marry the mermaid, and she had no soul.

d. Why didnt the witch want the fishermans five pieces of gold, nets,

house or boat?Because her master is richer than all the kings in the world.

e. How did the witch feel about the fisherman?

She loved him.

f. What was the very bad thing that the fisherman sensed?

A mysterious man wearing elegant Spanish clothing.

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Complete the table below with the correct comparative and

superlative forms. The first three have been done for you. (Page

33 - exercise 4A)

COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE

dry drier than the driest

fast faster than the faster

precious more precious than the most precious

famous more famous than the most famous

big bigger than the biggest

young younger than the youngest

beautiful more beautiful than the most beautiful

rich richer than the richest

happy happier than the happiest

Now write logical comparatives sentences using the elements given

and one of the adjectives from the table on page 33. The first onebeen done for you. (Page 34 - exercise 4B)

a. According to the fisherman, (the mermaid/the witch)

According to the fisherman, the mermaid is more beautiful than the

witch.

b. According to the fisherman, (the fauns and mermen/people)

According to the fisherman, the fauns and mermen are happier than

people.

c.

The merchant have five pieces of gold. The witchs master has fivehundred. (The witchs master/the merchant)

The witchs master is richer than the merchant.

d. It rains a lot in April and it rains very little in July. (July/April)

July is drier than April.

e. Dolphins can swim at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. Horses can

run at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour. (Horses/dolphins)

Horses are faster than dolphins.

f.

Almost everybody knows about Oscar Wilde. Almost nobody knows

about the artist Aubrey Beardsley. (Oscar Wilde/ Aubrey Beardsley)

Oscar Wilde is more famous than Aubrey Beardsley.

g. The Atlantic Ocean has an area of 82,440 million square kilometers.

The Pacific Ocean has an area of 165,250 million square kilometers.

(Pacific Ocean/ Atlantic Ocean)

The Pacific Ocean is bigger than the Atlantic Ocean.

h. Oscar Wildes son Cyril was born in 1885. His soon Vyvyan was born

in 1886. (Cyril]/Vyvyan)Cyril was older than Vyvyan.

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Look at the statements below about Chapter Three. Decide if each

statements is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, write A as your

answer. If it is incorrect, write B as your answer. (Page 42 - exercise

1)

1. When a fisherman called Gods name, the man wearing elegant

Spanish clothes smiled.

2.

The witch didnt want to tell the fisherman how to send his soul away.

3. The fishermans shadow was the body of his soul.

4. The fisherman gave his soul his heart.

5. The fishermans soul was happy to leave the fisherman.

6. The soul wanted to see the fisherman again.

7. The fisherman met the mermaid on the beach.

8. The mermaid embraced the fisherman and kissed him on the mouth.

1 B 2 A 3 A 4 B5 B 6 A 7 B 8 A

Now write the incorrect statements.

1. He looked at the fisherman sadly, and disappeared.

4. His heart belonged to the mermaid.

5. It was very sad.

7. He met her in the water.

Definitive and indefinite articlesFill in the gaps in the sentences below with the, a or an. (Page 44 -

exercise 3)

a. Last week I went to aparty, and met avery nice boy.

b. My brother has a bicycle and amotorcycle. Themotorcycle is blue and

themotorcycle is red.

c. I saw a really strange film on TV yesterday. It was about an old man

and anold woman. Theold man was a magician, and theold woman

was awitch.

d. Turn on thetelevision. I want to see who won thefootball match.

e.

Look! Theres a seagull on the top of theschool.f. This morning I walked into theclassroom and sawadog. It was the

teachers dog.

g. I had apizza and some iced tea for lunch. Thepizza was cold, and the

iced tea was warm.

h. Shut thedoor when you leave, please!

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Decide if each statements is correct or incorrect. If it is correct,

write A as your answer. If it is incorrect, write B as your answer.

(Page 48 - exercise 1)

1. Aestheticism appeared in the early 1800s.

2. Aestheticism shocked people when it first appeared.

3. Oscar Wilde did not agree with aestheticism.

4.

One of Oscar Wildes most important students was Walter Pater.5. Walter Pater though that art and philosophy must help us find the

most beautiful sensations.

6. Today Oscar Wilde is considered very subversive.

7. The writing of the decadent writers was very influential.

8. The motto of MGM film studios has the same meaning as the motto of

the aesthetes.

1 B 2 A 3 B 4 B5 A 6 B 7 A 8 A

Fill in the gaps with the words in the box. The first one has been

done for you (Page 49 - exercise 1)

After a year, the soul came down to the sea and called the young

fisherman. He came outof the sea, and said, Why do you call me?

The soul answered, Come near. I want to speak to you because I saw

marvelous things.

So he came near and sat in the water and listened.

The soul said to him, When Ileft you, I wenttowards the East and

travelled. Everything wise comes from the East. After six days I cameto the land of the Tartars. One night I saw a fire in a camp ofa company

of merchants. I went to them and the chief pf merchantsstood up and

took his sword.

Who are you? he asked.

I am a Prince and I escapedfrom the Tartars, Ireplied.

He lowered his head as a sign of respect and took my hand.

Then we left the country of the Tartars and we travelled in many

strange lands and saw many strange people. I travelled ona camel nest

to the chief. There were forty camels in the caravan and eighty mules.

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a. When did the soul come to see the fisherman again?

After a year.

b. What comes from de East?

Everything wise.

c. Who were the Magadae and the Laktroi?

They are two tribes. The Magadae are born old and die young. The

Laktroi think they are the sons of tigers.

d. Why did the soul make the hand of the priest small and dry?

Because he said, the ebony idol is our god.

e. What does the Mirror of Wisdom do?

It reflects all things on earth and in heaven, but it does not reflect the

face of a person if they look into it.

f. Where did the soul put the Mirror of Wisdom?

In a valley.

g. What bad things did the soul do? Why did he do them?

He made the priests hand dry, and his eyes blind. He did these things

because the priest lied to him.

Summary

Read the summary of the first four chapters and choose the correct

word for each space. For each question, mark the letter next to the

correct word-A, B, C or D. (Page 60 - exercise 4)

There was a fisherman. Every evening he went fishing. One evening

his nets wereveryheavy. He pulled them in and saw amermaid. The

mermaid tried to escape. Her song attracted many fish, but soon the

fisherman forgot his nets. He was inlove with the mermaid. He asked

her to marry him. She said yes, butfirst he had to send away his soul.

The fisherman did not know how to do that. He went to the priest for

help. The priest said, The soul is moreprecious than all the gold inthe world. The fisherman then went and talked to somemerchants.

Finally, he went to see a witch. She knew how to send away his soul.

But first he had to dance with her ona mountain top atmidnight. That

night the fisherman went and danced with her. His soul did not want

to leave, but the fisherman sent himaway. Now the fisherman could

marry the mermaid. After a year, the soul came to the sea and called

the fisherman.

He told the fisherman abouthis travels to the East. He brought back

the Mirror of Wisdom. But the fisherman said, Love is better than

wisdom, and he returned to his love.

1.A 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.D 6.C 7.D 8.C 9.B 10.D 11.A 12.B

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Read the questions below. For each questions, mark the letter next

to the correct answer A, B, D or D. (Page 71 - exercise 1)

1. According the soul, what comes from the South?

2. The Emperors guards came for the soul because

3. The Emperor was not the lord of his city because

4. Finally, the Emperor wanted to give the soul all his treasure because

5. The soul took the Emperors lead ring and not his treasure because

A Love

B WisdomC X Everything precious

D Prophets

A X He showed no respect to the Emperor.

B The Emperor wanted to show him his jewels.

C He thought the people of Ashter were strange.

D He wanted the Emperors riches.

A The soul was richer than he was.

B He thought the soul was a great prophet.

C The Emperors father the Sun could not kill the soul.

D X He could not hurt or kill the soul.

A He thought the soul was a great prophet.

B He thought the soul was really his father, the Sun.

C X He did not want to give him his little ring.

D He did not think that riches were very important.

A He did not think the Emperors jewellery was real.B X The owner of the ring could have even more treasure.

C He thought the ring was beautiful.

D He did not think riches were very important.

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Look at the statements below about Chapter Six. Decide if each

statements is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, write A as your

answer. If it is incorrect, write B as your answer. (Page 84 - exercise

1)

1. The fisherman wanted to see the mermaid after he heard about the

girl at the inn.

2.

The soul took the fisherman directly to the dancing girl.

3. The fisherman was sorry that the he took the silver cup.

4. The fisherman did not hot the child.

5. The merchants offered the fisherman a room because the fisherman

offered him some gold.

6. The fishermans soul did not like doing bad things.

7. The fisherman wanted to send his soul away again, but he couldnt.

8. The fisherman stopped doing the bad thing in the end.

1 B 2 B 3 A 4 B5 B 6 B 7 A 8 A

Now write the incorrect statements.

1. He wanted to see the girl.

2. He took him to other cities, but not to the city of the dancing girl.

4. He hit him.

5. He offered him a room because he was kind.

6. He learned to like bad things.

Summary

Match the phrases in columns A and B to make true sentences (Page

96 - exercise 1)

a. Because the mermaid was already dead.

b. Because it was so full of love.

c. Because the sea covered him with its waves.

d. Because the fisherman did not come when he tempted him with bad.

e. Because there was no space for him.

f. Because the soul suffered without a heart.

g.

Because it broke and made space for the soul.h. Because the power of his was so great.

1. d The soul tempted the fisherman with good

2. h The fisherman did not come with the soul when the soul temped him a good

3. f The soul permitted the soul to enter the his heart

4. e The soul could not enter the fishermans heart

5. a The fisherman was not afraid of dying

6. g The soul finally entered the fishermans heart7. b The fishermans heart broke

8. c The fisherman died

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