VII. Answer the following questions:

1. What opinion does Judy have of the Pendleton family?

2. In what way is Master Jervie different from the rest of his family?

3. What is the difference between the socialists and anarchists?

4. Why does Judy consider herself a part of proletariat?

5. What does Judy find so exciting in the college atmosphere?

6. What secret of happiness does Judy discover? Do you remember any other ways to be happy that she mentioned before?

7. Why does Master Jervie fail to see Judy and her friends on his visit to the college?

8. What new experience does Judy have at college this time?

9. What other correspondents besides the daddy does Judy have? How long has she exchanged letters with them?

10. What prospects for the summer does Judy have?

11. Why does Master Jervie fail to persuade her to go to Paris?

VIII. Give a good translation of the following passages in a written form:

1. ‘I only saw Master Jervie… a box for Christmas.’

2. ‘It isn’t the great big … I am developing into.’

3. ‘So you see … person to the world.’

IX. Translate the sentences and comment on the notions in italics paying attention to their cultural meaning:

1. He’s a Socialist – except, thank Heaven, he doesn’t let his hair grow and wear red ties. She can’t imagine where he picked up his queer ideas; the family have been Church of England for generations.

2. We are reading Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey in connection with our course in English Literature. What an exquisite work it is, and how adequately it embodies his conceptions of Pantheism! The Romantic movement of the early part of the last century, exemplified in the works of such poets as Shelley, Byron, Keats, and Wordsworth, appeals to me very much more than the Classical period that preceded it.

3. Very busy time – commencement in ten days, examinations tomorrow…

X. Explain the use of the words given in italics:

1. I never heard one word of real talk from the time we arrived until we left. I don't think an idea ever entered the front door.

2. Not for all the money in the world would I ever let any children of mine develop into Pendletons.

3. My mind is a confused jumble of onyx and gilding and mosaic floors and palms.

4. Did you ever know such a philosopheress as I am developing into?

5. It’s raining cats and dogs tonight. Two puppies and a kitten have just landed on the window-sill.

6. You have put me on my feet and I think I can almost walk alone by now.

7. In any case, I packed my trunk fast and came up here. I thought I’d better see my bridges in flames behind me before I finished writing to you. They are entirely reduced to ashes now.

XI. Task:

1. Find the episode of Judy telling Daddy-Long-Legs that she would rather have John Grier Home for a background than the life of the Pendleton family in New York. Why does she say that? What does it tell you about Judy’s character? How has it changed during the years of college life? What kind of Judy do you like more – the old or the new one?

2. Why does Judy divide her letter of the 5th of March into two parts? What is the stylistic difference betweens these parts? Prove your idea with examples of words and phrases taken from the letter.