quiz Being There 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school

quiz Being There

The story begins on

1. a Saturday
2. a Sunday
3. a Monday
4. a Tuesday

"they needed care to live, to survive their diseases, and to die peacefully" To whom does Chance compare plants?

1. people
2. babies
3. old people
4. pets

The garden is surrounded by

1. water
2. a large fence
3. a red brick wall
4. an enormous hedge

What is NOT true about the fat maid?

1. comes from abroad
2. speaks with a strange accent
3. is disliked by Chance
4. Chance and she watch TV together sometimes

The last time Chance had been in the Old Man's part of the house

1. there were not any trees in the garden yet
2. there was no TV yet
3. was when the Old Man told him his mother had died.
4. was when Louise left

Which is not true

1. the Old Man is a relative
2. Chance cannot read or write
3. Chance does not know who his father is
4. Chance is an orphan

Why did he get the name Chance?

1. because the Old Man gave him a chance
2. because he was born by chance
3. because his mum's last name was Chance
4. because it is short for Chancelot

With whom does Chance have the most meaningful relationship in his life?

1. the Old Man
2. the old gardener
3. Louise
4. E.E. Rand

What does he hope will happen after the death of the Old Man?

1. that he will inherit the garden
2. that he will see people he has never seen before
3. that he can go to the funeral
4. that he gets to keep the TV

Who is Thomas Franklin?

1. the Old Man's son
2. the undertaker
3. a lawyer
4. the heir

Franklin cannot find any records of a man being employed or living in the house for ... years

1. 20
2. 30
3. 40
4. 50

The Old Man broke his hip and retired from the law firm ... years ago

1. 5
2. 15
3. 20
4. 25

Chance is most likely aged between

1. 40-50
2. 30-40
3. 50-60
4. >60

Louise came from

1. Mexico
2. Cuba
3. Louisiana
4. Jamaica

Why does Franklin want Chance to sign a paper

1. so he cannot make a claim against the estate
2. to agree to his leaving the house
3. to end his employment as a gardener
4. so Franklin cannot be blamed that Chance is still there

Chance says he cannot sign the paper because

1. he does not want to do it
2. he does not understand why he needs to sign a paper
3. because he cannot write his name
4. because he wants to claim the inheritance

the accident

1. Chance walked into the road without looking
2. Chance became stuck between two cars
3. Chance walked through a red light
4. Chance fell in front of an oncoming car

Mrs Rand invited Chance to come to her house because

1. she wants him to meet her husband
2. she feels guilty about the accident
3. she wants him to be seen by the doctor who is in her house
4. she is hosting a party and wants him to come

EE stands for

1. Eve Eliza
2. Elizabeth Eloise
3. Elizabeth Eve
4. Eloise Eve

EE gives Chance cognac for his pain and Chance asks her

1. to give him the bottle
2. to turn on the TV
3. to have sex with him
4. to leave him alone

when the driver breaks sharply, Chance

1. swears
2. spills his drink
3. faints
4. throws up

Why does EE call Chance Chauncey Gardiner?

1. She did not hear his name right
2. She did not like him having a last name so she made one up
3. She knows the Gardeners and thinks he is their son
4. She does not like the name Chance

What trick which he learnt from TV does Chance use when talking to EE

1. not saying anything but looking at her intently
2. Nodding in agreement
3. using a lot of gestures when speaking
4. repeating her words back to her

In his first conversation with Mr Rand, Rand thinks

1. Chance is strange
2. Chance is talking about being a businessman
3. Chance loves garedening
4. Chance is going to die

the room upstairs

1. Chance refers to the guestroom in Rand's home
2. Chance refers to the attic in the Old Man's home
3. Chance refers to heaven
4. Chance refers to rand's bedroom

Where do the Rands live?

1. Denver
2. Manhattan
3. Washington
4. Georgia

What does Chance do when he meets the President?

1. He stares directly in his eyes
2. He blushes and stutters
3. says the President is not as impressive as on TV
4. He asks him if he wants to watch TV

Why does the President like what Chance says to him about the garden?

1. He thinks it is refreshing to talk to someone who does not talk about the economy.
2. He thinks Chance is comparing the President to a gardener
3. He thinks Chance is giving him a compliment by comparing what the President has done to a beautiful garden
4. He thinks Chance is saying that the economy will get better soon.

When Chance talks to Tom Cortney of the NY times, he

1. tells him nothing specific
2. only says no comment
3. says he wants to watch TV
4. tells him Benjamin is going to die soon

When Chance is on THIS EVENING he

1. talks about watching TV
2. talks about how nice the Rands are
3. talks about his garden
4. talks about meeting the President

When Chance comes home after THIS EVENING Rand asks him

1. to take his place at the Financial Institution
2. to run for President
3. to work for him
4. to escort E.E. to the U.N. reception

When returning from Denver E.E thinks that

1. she does not know anything about Chance but that she wants him
2. she does not know anything about Chance and wants to search his things
3. she does not know anything about Chance and wants him to leave.
4. she does not know anything about Chance and wants to ask him lots of questions

When Chance does not want to make love with her E.E. thinks he

1. wants to wait until Benjamin is dead
2. is not interested in her
3. is more interested in men
4. plays hard to get

Which is not TRUE about Chance and sex

1. Chance does not know anything about sex because it is blurred on TV
2. Chance knows only what he saw in the pictures the maintenance man showed him
3. Chance seems incapabale of getting an erection
4. Chance asked Louise where babies came from

EE wants Chance to hire

1. a driver
2. a maid
3. a secretary
4. a press liaison

Rand is chairman of the board of the

1. Federal American Financial Institute
2. First American Financial Corporation
3. Prime Financial Advisory Board
4. First Financial Institute of America

Vladimir Skrapinov is

1. ambassador to Belarus
2. a Russian spy
3. ambassador of the USSR
4. a Russian general

Skrapinov believes Chance

1. knows the writer Krylov personally
2. has read all of Krylov's fables
3. has read Krylov in Russian
4. has never heard of Krylov

Gaufridi and Count Von Brockenburg Schulendorff are

1. European diplomats
2. spies
3. foreign prime ministers
4. friends of Skrapinov

What does Chance say when asked if he has read the papers

1. I had no time
2. I cannot read
3. I do not read, I watch Tv
4. nothing

The President is told by his secretary that

1. Chance has become too popular
2. Chance may run against him
3. she cannot find anything about Chance
4. she feels attracted to Chance

At the home of EE's friends, Ronald Stiegler asks Chance

1. to have sex with him
2. to talk a little more about the garden
3. to write a book
4. to run for Presient

Which is NOT TRUE about the encounter Chance has with a man at the party

1. He asks Chance questions which Chance does not understand, so he says yes .
2. The man wants to have sex with Chance.
3. The man ejaculates on the sole Chance's shoe
4. the man twitched and trembles because he was sick.

What does Chance say to EE when she comes to his room and sits on his bed

1. she does not excite him
2. he is too tired to make love to her
3. he wants to watch
4. she should go to her own room

Both Karpatov and Sulkin tell Skrapinov

1. that Chance is a member of an American elitist faction
2. That Chance is a spy with the code name Blank Page
3. that nothing can be found about Chance; his file is a blank page
4. That Chance wants to overthrow the government

The Secret Service think Chance may be

1. an alien invader
2. an agent of a foreign power
3. a criminal
4. in witness protection

Why are they so enthusiastic about asking Chance to become vice president ? ( more good answers are possible)

1. he has no background
2. he's not objectionable to anyone
3. he is personable and well-spoken
4. he comes across well on TV

How does Chance feel in the last sentence of the book?

1. bewildered
2. excited
3. confident
4. peaceful

Which is NOT TRUE about Jerzy Kosinski?

1. His real name is Lewinkopf
2. he died of a heart disease
3. he was accused of fraud at some point
4. he was born in Poland