3. Discuss the following quotations in pairs:

1. Men were creatures of habit; that gave women such a hold on them.

2. Only a woman knows what a woman can do.

3. Acting’s a whole time job and if you want to be really good you’ve got to give your whole self to it.

4. Men were such fools; there wasn’t one of them who wouldn’t cut off his nose to spite his face.

5. It’s better to be a fool and know it than a fool and not know it.

6. Don’t pause unless it’s necessary, but then pause as long as you can.

4. Look through Chapters 16-20 again and prove that:

1. Tom liked to be Julia’s lover;

2. theatre was Julia’s refuge;

3. Julia acted in real life.

5. Speak about:

1. Dolly de Vries;

2. The changes in Tom’s character and behavior;

3. Roger;

4. Joan Denver.

6. Compare:

1. Tom and Roger;

2. Dolly and Michael.

7. Act out the conversations between:

1. Dolly and Michael;

2. Roger and Julia;

3. Julia and Joan Denver.

8. Make up the dialogues:

1. between Mrs Smith and Mrs Black (gossiping about Julia’s new way of life);

2. between Joan Denver and a friend of hers (speaking about Joan’s impression of Julia).

9. Speak your mind on Avice Chrichton as if you were Julia/Dolly/Joan Denver.

Consolidating the Material

1. Do the quiz to test how well you remember the details of Chapters 16-20:

1. Julia made herself conspicuous, …

1. though she didn’t show herself in public places, led a quiet and regular life.

2. because she had twenty years of fidelity behind her and the public loved to think of Julia and Michael as a devoted and united couple.

3. because the look in Julia’s eyes when they danced betrayed her and Tom wasn’t discreet.

2. Michael considered Tom to be …

1. a very good type of clean honest English boy.

2. boring and dull.

3. an articled clerk.

3. After the talk with Michael Dolly felt …

1. disappointed and embarrassed.

2. satisfied, elated and happy.

3. old, lonely, unhappy and desperately jealous.

4. Roger came home…

1. for Christmas before going to Vienna.

2. for Easter before going up to Cambridge.

3. from Eton for a holiday.

5. Tom’s father, a solicitor in the North of London, …

1. bought Tom a partnership.

2. was still making Tom an allowance.

3. died several years ago.

6. Tom earned …

1. two hundred pounds a year.

2. four thousand pounds a year.

3. four hundred pounds a year.

7. Joan Denver was …

1. a young girl with a pretty little face and a stub nose, a good deal made-up.

2. a twenty-two-year-old girl in shabby clothes and without any make-up.

3. a young plump girl with dark eyes and blonde hair.

8. Joan Denver …

1. has never heard of Avice Chrichton.

2. and Avice Chrichton tossed up for Roger.

3. was at the RADA together with Avice Chrichton.

9. Tom advised Julia to accept the American offer because…

1. she could make a packet and have a grand time there.

2. she could make new friends there.

3. he was terribly anxious to get rid of her.

10. Michael began to look about for the cast for the play … .

1. Called “Yesterday” b) called “Nowadays”

2. c) called “Shaftsbury Avenue”.

11. Julia remembered Jane Taibout’s maxim:

1. Articulate with distinctness, don’t be afraid of your voice.

2. Don’t be natural. The stage isn’t the place for that. The stage is make-believe. But seem natural.

3. Don’t pause until it’s necessary, but the pause as long as you can.

2. Prepare the passage for artistic reading and translate it into Russian. Comment on the relations between Julia and Dolly.

Julia’s reputation was so good … whatever was going on. (Chapter 16)

3. Write a letter Joan Denver might have written to her former fellow-student about her talk with Julia. Remember that she is quite impressed by the result. Describe how she managed to arrange this meeting.