Comprehension

2. Give detailed answers to the following questions

1. Jennifer signed a lease. What apartment did she move into?

2. How did Adam and Jennifer spend evenings and what did they do at weekends?

3. The sign on the door of Jennifer’s large suite of offices on Park Avenue read: JENNIFER & ASSOCIATES. Who were her associates? What were their responsibilities?

4. What cases came into Jennifer’s office?

5. What was done at Michael Moretti’s office and home every morning and evening?

6. Whom did Michael Moretti want to get rid of? Why?

7. How did criminal attorneys, some of the male lawyers and most juries treat Jennifer?

8. What information did a man on line provide Jennifer with?

9. What had Miss Marshall asked Jennifer for?

10. Why did Jennifer decide to take a crack at Loretta Marshal case in spite of the fact that paternity cases are always difficult, messy, unpleasant and get nasty?

11. How did Jennifer defend Miss Marshall?

12. What was the purpose of Adam’s visit to Stewart Needham?

13. What news did Adam tell Jennifer at a dairy restaurant on the West Side?

14. What was there that was not wonderful tugging at the back of Jennifer’s mind?

15. Who initiated Helen Cooper’s case?

16. Who made arrangements for Jennifer to pay a visit to Mrs Cooper?

17. How did Helen Cooper look like?

18. Whom did Jennifer want to meet after her visit to Helen Cooper?

19. How did Herbert Hawthorne try to settle the problem?

20. How did Jennifer manage to release Mrs. Cooper?

3. Find evidence in the text to support the following statements

1. Jennifer was extremely happy on the one hand and lived in fear on the other.

2. Jennifer acquired a lot of new professional skills.

3. Roger Davis, the lawyer representing Curtis Randall, was convincing when he tried to persuade Jennifer that she had no case.

4. The meeting with Stewart Needham turned to be quite different from what Adam had planned.

5. Helen Cooper was the sanest person Jennifer had ever spoken to.

6. Helen Cooper’ daughter was not attractive.

7. The doctors’ reports proving Helen Cooper’s madness seemed biased.

8. Mrs. Cooper was a thoughtful hostess.

4. Consider the following topics. Make use of the words and word combinations given in brackets

1. A paternity suit against Curtis Randal Ш. a) The plaintiff: Loretta Marshall (a complete surprise, not pretty, homely, ordinary figure, the stereotype of an elementary grade schoolteacher, to use smb, to force sb to do smth, to pay for smth, to raise a baby, to be transparently honest, to have no proof, to be sure, money for her daughter – nothing for herself, without pretense) b) The defendant: Curtis Randall 111 (to turn up smth, a wealthy socialite, widower, a pillar of society, a born-again puritan, an elegant-looking man, striking gray hair, tanned, regular features, to come from a social background, to belong to, wealthy and successful, resemblance) c) Paternity cases (a no-win case, difficult, messy, unpleasant, to bring up a parade of sb, to make sb to look like, to get nasty, to become involved in, to destroy a client, to stick one’s neck out for sb, to be a black mark)

2. The trial: Loretta Marshall v. Curtis Randall 111 (to go worse, to predict, to bring one’s baby into the courtroom, to bring witness after witness to the stand, cross-examination, a victim, to testify in public, to be besmirched, to read the growing hostility, to play on the sympathy of the jury, to dramatize the plight of a woman, to betray, to abandon, one single point of resemblance, to be on one’s side, to look like, to run one’s tongue nervously over smth, to work at one’s lips, to flick out, to be filled with a sudden, wild sense of hope, to keep pushing sb, to scribble a note, to copy a date, to hand smth to smb, a puzzled expression, to leave the courtroom, to ask for a fifteen-minute recess, to accomplish, to lick one’s lips, to stare at, to focus on, to be unmistakable, a judgment for the plaintiff)

3. The information Ken Baily found out about Hellen Cooper’s background (to put sb out of mind, in need of psychiatric help, a couple of crank calls, a dowager, to be left a fortune, a superintendant, to go to court, to be declared incompetent, to put under one’s control, to testify to smth, to commit sb to the asylum)

4. Jennifer’s visit to the asylum (to receive an anonymous telephone call, a butler, to fire sb., to be aware of smth, to blame sb, to marry sb for money, to trust sb, to get one’s hands on the money, to suffer from schizophrenia and paranoia, to speak to a sane person, to be valued at, to influence sb, a son-in law, to control)

5. Jennifer’s visit to the Heberts (to have a penthouse, to telephone ahead, to escort sb from smth, to be covered with paintings, to show signs of insanity, proof of insanity, to seem biased, to deal in gray area, clear-cut criteria, to pull, to be a looney, to read the court transcript, to check out one’s previous medical history, to check on one’s activity, to live a normal life, to make smth one’s own business, to give sb a check, to drop)