Worksheets"The One-Million-Pound Bank-Note"
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Henry ends up in London because
he wants to acquire a fortune and win a wife
he has an "option" to sell a mining company for a profit
he is involved in a sailing accident
The brothers were arguing over whether
a stranger would accept a million-pound note from someone he didn't know
a stranger could survive with only a million-pound note to his name
a stranger would return a million-pound note after he had possessed it for a month
The brothers choose Henry because he is
a poor, honest, intelligent stranger
engaged to one of their daughters
a foreigner
Henry's first reaction on seeing the amount of the note is
to return it
to get his old position back
to buy something to eat
Henry parlays the million-pound note into a fortune by
investing it in real estate
banking it and living on the interest
getting credit and favors on his reputation
Henry feels he has really "made it" in society when
he is caricatured in a newspaper cartoon
he is invited to a royal society dinner
he is mentioned ahead of royalty in a gossip column
Henry agrees to help Hastings by
lending him money
purchasing his "option"
lending his name as an endorsement
Henry is attracted to Portia because
she isn't impressed by his money
she can be cheerful when there isn't anything to be cheerful about
she is the daughter of one of his benefactors
After Henry makes his report, he
returns to San Francisco with his new wife and wealth
asks to go into business with the brothers
requests a situation he hadn't anticipated being available
Mark Twain uses this story to comment on
the average person's reaction to great wealth
honesty among poor people
eccentric habits of the British upper class
Is the following relative to the story's theme: Wealth begets wealth.
YES
NO
Is the following relative to the story's theme: The second million is easier to make than the first.
YES
NO
Is the following relative to the story's theme: Wealth and its responsibilities are never burdensome.
YES
NO
Is the following relative to the story's theme: Wits and a good reputation are vital to travel on the road to fortune.
YES
NO
Is the following relative to the story's theme: To seek monetary success is to bring only evil into one's life.
YES
NO
