9. Answer the questions:

1. When did we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Doctor Skaryna? 2. What was he? 3. Where and when was he born? 4. Was his family poor? 5. Where did he study? 6. Was he an educated man? 7. What degrees did he have? 8. What languages did he know? 9. When did he begin his publishing activities? 10. How many books did he published at that time? 11. What were the titles of these books? 12. In what language did he publish the Bible? 13. When and where did he found the first publishing-house? 14. What books did he publish? 15. What was he in 1530? 16. What did he do in Prague in 1535? 17. When did he die? 18. Is there a monument. to Franzisk Scarina in Minsk? 19.Can we find his printed works in the libraries of Minsk? 20. Was he a skilled engraver?

10. Agree or disagree with the following statements:

1. Doctor Francisk Scaryna was a great Belarusian writer. 2. He was born in an aristocratic family. 3. His native town is Minsk. 4. After finishing school he went to study at Oxford University. 5. He graduated from Krakow University with the Bachelor's degree in theology. 6. He knew only three foreign languages: French, Latin and Greek. 7. From 1517 till 1519 he published 19 books under the common title «The Russian Bible». 8. He translated the Bible into the Belarusian language and then printed it in Vilno. 9. He returned to Prague to found the first printing-house there. 10. The bishop of Vilno invited Scaryna to be his secretary and doctor. 11. Scaryna turned down the bishop's invitation and went to Prague to continue his printing business. 12. You can see a big monument to Francisk Scaryna in the centre of Minsk.

11. Complete the sentences using the text:

It should be mentioned that______________________;

It is supposed ________________________________.

12. Prove that:

- Franzisk Scaryna was an educated man;

- Scaryna id greatly respected by Belarussian people

13. Comprehension check. Choose the best alternative according to the text:

1. Doctor Franzisk Scaryna was

1. the first person who started to write in the Bela- rusian language;

2. the first translator and printer of the Bible in the Belarusian language;

3. the first who translated all religious books into the Belarusian language.

2. Scaryna's engravings illustating the Bible were

1. metaphoric;

2. very simple;

3. undecipherable.

3. Dr. Skaryna was born into

1. a family of a wealthy merchant in the old Bela­ rusian city of Polotsk in 1490;

2. a family of a wealthy bishop in the old Belaru­ sian city of Brest in 1490;

3. a family of a poor merchant in the old Belaru­ sian city of Polotsk in 1490.

4. After finishing his education in his native town he

1. began to work as a translator and printer;

2. continued to study at Krakow University;

3. went to live in Vilno.

5. He graduated from the University of Krakow

1. with the Doctor's degree in medicine;

2. with the Bachelor's degree in philosophy;

3. with the Bachelor's degree in arts.

6. Scaryna began his publishing activity

1. in Padua in 1517;

2. in Polotsk in 1915;

3. in Prague in 1517

7. The most important of his achievements was

a) the translation of the Bible into Belarussian and its publication;

b) the publication of 19 books under the common

title «The Russian Bible»;

c) the foundation of the printing-house.

8. Scaryna printed the books in the Belarusian language because

a) he wanted to make Belarusian an international language;

b) he wanted to make knowledge available to people in their own language;

c) Belarusian was an international language at that time.

9. While living in Vilno in 1520 Scaryna

a) opened a new school for Belarusian children;

b) founded the first printing-house;

c) printed some new books in English.

10. Later on Scaryna

a) founded the first Belarusian school;

b) worked as a teacher in one of the schools of

Vilno;

c) was a secretary and a family doctor of Vilno's

bishop.

11. When Scaryna came to Prague in 1535 he

a) was invited to work in the town's hospital;

b) worked in the king's botanical garden;

c) founded a new printing-house.

12. You can see

a) a monument to Scaryna in Polotsk;

b) a school named after Scarynn in Polotsk;

c) a monument to Scaryna in Brest.