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II. Choose the correct answer to finish each of the
following statements.

1. What did an American buy?
a) a valuable ring; b) a valuable painting;
c) a valuable book.

2. Who won't let him take the picture out of England?
a) the English Governor;
b) the English General;
c) The English Government.

3. What did he want the artist to do?
a) to give him advice;
b) to paint a picture;
c) to point out to his mistakes.

4. What did the artist paint?
a) a picture of London gasworks;
b) a picture of the Thames;
c) a portrait of Queen Victoria.

5. Why did the American send the picture to the firm?
a) to remove the artist's painting;
b) to paint it; c) to move back to England.

6. What did he get from the firm?
a) an invitation; b) a check; c) a telegram.

III. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the
following sentences from the text.

1. He secretly bought

a) a valuable seventeenth century painting;
b) a valuable sixteenth century painting;
c) the sixteenth painting.
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