B2 Listening Exercises

Interview with Jonathan Franzen

Watch an interview with Jonathan franzen, on The Guardian section called Q&A.

For questions 3 to 8, choose the correct answer.​

Multiple Choice

What makes Jonathan happiest is ...

• philosophy

• writing

• tragedy

Multiple Choice

Jonathan thinks he has ...

• few negative traits

• some negative traits

• many negative traits

Multiple Choice

When Jonathan once asked a poet to sign his hand, the poet ...

• didn't like it

• laughed

• thought it was a joke

Multiple Choice

What Jonathan most dislikes about his appearance is ...

• his face

• the fact that he is fat

• his glasses

Multiple Choice

His first kiss was ...

• not very nice

• long

• when he was 19 years old

Multiple Choice

When was the last time Jonathan cried?

• Not long ago, at a funeral.

• A long time ago at a wedding.

• A few days ago at a wedding.

" Now read some of the transcripts and select the words I have removed " 

Haunted house in Pennsylvania

Watch a video about a haunted house in Pennsylvania.

For questions 16 to 22, choose the correct answer.​

Multiple Choice

When something happened to the photojournalist, Deanna Simpson ...

• was anxious to know what had happened.

• already knew what had happened.

• didn't really want to know what had happened.

Multiple Choice

Deanna thinks the photojournalist was hurt ...

• because this happens to strangers in her house.

• because he doesn't believe in ghost stories.

• because they wanted to make the story public.

Multiple Choice

Deanna Simpson ...

• saw the ghost of a cat on the stairs.

• felt the presence of a cat on the stairs.

• was pushed down the stairs.

Multiple Choice

Simpson says the hand that appeared on camera at the stairs ...

• belongs to a demon that has appeared in the house before.

• belongs to a ghost.

• belongs to a person she used to know.

Multiple Choice

Simpson couldn’t breathe or move when ...

• she entered her room one day.

• she tried to film a presence in the basement.

• she saw a demon.

Multiple Choice

Simpson's daughter ...

• don't want to live in the house anymore.

• don't live in the house, and don't want to sleep in it.

• are two very scared children.

Multiple Choice

Simpson has invited priests and others to the house because she wants ...

• people to understand their situation.

• them to see the ghosts.

• them to see the recordings.

" Now read some of the transcripts and select the words I have removed "