Просмотр связанных заданий №4261, №4262, №4263, №4264, №4265, №4266, №4267

The slave’s Russian descendants believe that the slave ...

1) had Russian royal blood in him.
2) was Peter the Great’s godfather.
3) belonged to the royal family in his native land.
4) was a close friend of the English royal family.

According to the narrator, the biography of Pushkin’s ancestor turned into a novel because Pushkin …

1) didn’t like the true biographical facts he had discovered.
2) found it impossible to stick to the facts that were doubtful.
3) could not do without describing fictional events.
4) found the true facts of the slave’s biography uninspiring.

The narrator’s objective in writing the book was to ...

1) write a new version of the novel "The Negro of Peter the Great".
2) continue the story from where it was unfinished.
3) interpret the storyteller’s attitude to his ancestor.
4) prove that Pushkin’s ancestor was an African prince.

The narrator says that his research for the book

1) brought him to Russia to work as a journalist.
2) made him go to the war in Afghanistan.
3) led him to take part in the war in Africa.
4) brought him to a river bank in Africa.

The lesson that the narrator learnt from his arrest was ...

1) not to use a camera and compass at the frontline.
2) to avoid speaking to people in his best posh English accent.
3) not to distort information about real events.
4) never to tell people about his research.

The narrator says that his journeys ...

1) helped him find some traces of the past.
2) extended his sympathy to a "stolen legacy".
3) deepened his understanding of the concept of intellectual wars.
4) turned out to be the main contents of his book.

The narrator points out that at the time of Gannibal …

1) negro slaves played a variety of roles in the theatre.
2) black slaves were like stage extras in royal processions.
3) many Africans made a brilliant career at the court.
4) Africans were not a novelty in the capital of Russia.