Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Tom had high spirits, an unfailing gaiety and incredible charm
B) I always hated and complained about the contributions he regularly levied on me for the necessities of his existence
(*ответ*) А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Tom left his wife and his lover
B) Tom had a little money and he spent two happy years in the various capitals of Africa
(*ответ*) А- false, В- false
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Tom made a steady income from his friends and he made friends easily
B) But he always said that the money you spent on necessities was boring; the money that was amusing to spend was the money you spent on helping children of Ethiopia to have food
(*ответ*) А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Tom often asked me to excellent dinners in his charming house in Chertanovo, and if he occasionally borrows a trifle from me, that is merely from force of habit
B) It is never more than a sovereign
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Tom wanted to torture himself
B) He would listen to no expostulations
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Tom was charming and unscrupulous
B) I have never met anyone to whom it was more difficult to refuse a loan
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) Two boats managed to get away and eventually hit upon the desert island of Trebucket
B) This is well out of the line of traffic and it was three hundred years before any ship sighted the castaways
(*ответ*) А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) We had been driven by bad weather to take shelter and had spent a couple of days at an island on the way
B) Trebucket is a low island, perhaps a mile round, covered with coconuts, just raised above the level of the sea and surrounded by a reef so that it can be approached only on one side. On the other side there ia a chain of hotels and a beachline for tourists to swim
(*ответ*) А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
А- true, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) When circumstances forced George to realise that his brother would never settle down and he washed his hands of him, Tom, without a qualm, began to blackmail him
B) It was not very nice for a respectable lawyer to find his brother shaking cocktails behind the bar of his favourite restaurant or to see him waiting on the boxseat of a taxi outside his club
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) You cannot allow your only brother to go to gaol
B) The man Tom had cheated, a man called Cronshaw, was vindictive
(*ответ*) А- true, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- false, В- true
Which of the two assertions were truly made by the author and which are made up?
A) You’re not going to deny that all my life l’ve been hardworking, decent, respectable and straightforward thief
B) After a life of industry and thrift I can look forward to retiring on a small income in gilt-edged securities
(*ответ*) А- false, В- true
А-true, В-false
А- false, В- false
А- true, В- true
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: A criminal! Oh, _ I suppose I am. But — but I never felt like that
(*ответ*) dear
near
clear
fear
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: A faint sound came from Sir Joseph’s lips — they had gone a strange _ colour. His eyes stared at Poirot. Then, with a shaking hand, he drew out a cheque and tore it into pieces
(*ответ*) blue
grean
red
white
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: A few moments later you gave the alarm that the _ had been stolen
(*ответ*) dog
cat
child
crocodile
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: And the _ you extracted from Lady Hoggin must be returned
(*ответ*) money
gold
stock
keys
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: As for you, mon _,” said Hercule, addressing Augustus, “there is one thing that I wish you would give me
(*ответ*) ami
emo
ima
mio
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: As Poirot came in, a Pekinese dog jumped off the sofa and sniffed him, his intelligent eyes fixed on the man’s …
(*ответ*) face
body
butt
nose
Find the one answer that truly corresponds to the original version of the novel: Augustus put it into my head — that, combined with the fact that so many rich women have _ dogs
(*ответ*) Pekinese
Rotfeller
Baskerville
Street