WorksheetsAn Englishman's Home (E. Waugh)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
In the rural English village of ________, Mr. Metcalfe goes about his morning routine. As he putters around his house and garden, he reflects on his love of the countryside and his eagerness to appear a “________________________.”
London, Day-tripper
Penzance, Vicar
Stratford-upon-Avon, famous writer
Much Malcock, true countryman
Having made his fortune as a businessman in the _______ trade, he has only recently moved to Much Malcock with his wife and is keen to fit in with his neighbors.
oil
banking
cotton
chocolate
Colonel Hodge is a blunt man who has _________money but good social standing, especially with local organizations like the ________;
a lot of, polo club
little, Boy Scouts
stolen, golf club
the most, church
The Hornbeams are a pretentious couple who make a point of leading a _____lifestyle and practicing _______ techniques.
rustic, spiritual
aristocratic, sobriety
hermetic, woodblock printing
Lady Peabury is a self-indulgent but judgmental _______ who owns much more _______than any of the other characters in the story.
royal, gold
widow, land
businesswoman, houses
Metcalfe, was hoping to propose a plan for all of the wealthy neighbors to pitch in to buy the land back. He calls a meeting of all four households but when he introduces his idea, they think that:
Hodge should pay the for all the land since he is the richest of the bunch.
Lady Peabury is right; they believe that it is onus is on Metcalfe to pay the full price of the field since it "went with" his propery.
They should all buy a piece of the land and share it at (25% for each neighbor).
he was mad so Lady Peabury punched him directly in the face.
Hodge finds out that the buyers have intentions even worse than a merely building house or even a settlement because they intend to start construction on:
a hospital complete with parking lots, cafes, and pharmacies.
A spralling comercial centre with parking lots.
a country farm complete with pigs, cows, and sheep cultivating three different crops: barley, oats, and corn.
an industrial laboratory complete with two chimneys that will pump out poisonous fumes.
In an angry letter, Mr. Metcalfe informs Lady Peabury that he now intends to ______________________________ unless she splits the cost of the land with him.
give his property to the church
leave the village and sell his own garden for a housing development
convert his land and all his buildings into a grand hotel.
sell his property to Bogget for 2 shillings
In the end, __________ contribute some money in order to buy the land and build a new lodge for the Boy Scouts upon it, and Mr. Metcalfe and Lady Peabury both _________ Much Malcock.
the vicar and Boggett, abandon
only the Hornbeams, leave
all the neighbors, stay in
only the 2 wealthiest neighbours, stay in
Mr. Hargood-Hood is the ________ of “An Englishman’s Home.” Although he’s quite agreeable and friendly, he’s the one who _____ Mr. Westmacott’s field and consequently incites the feud between Mr. Metcalfe and Lady Peabury
hero, sold
antagonist, buys
protagonist, invests
kindest character, loves
The last paragraphs of the story reveal that Mr Hargood-Hood and his brother (who was posing as his lawyer) actually bought Mr. Westmacott’s field :
to teach Lady Peabury a lesson for being such a nosy gossip and because they never liked her dogs.
as part of an elaborate con to frighten the local gentry into buying it back from him at a higher price
in order to make the village of Much Malcock more industrialized as to attract more companies to invest in building.
because they thought that Mr Metcalfe should have bought all the land in the original sale and felt he needed to be punished.
Mr Hargood-Hood and his brother bought and sold the field for a profit in order to maintain their own land;
but they really wanted to build the laboratory and make the village more modern. It was their hope to make the village more like a grand city like London.
they had every intention to create a new industries for the town in order to help the poorest to get better paying positions.
they never actually had any intention of building the laboratory in the first place. The brothers were also rich and understood their neighbors' greatest fears.
