Assignment for Monday, 13th August
Answer the questions
INTRODUCTION
1. Who are the old managers and the new managers of The Paris Opera House?
2. What are the questions that have no answers in this story?
3. Who wrote this story and what steps did he follow?
4. Who was Gaston Leroux, what did he want to do, and what did he really do until his father's death?
5. How did his life change after this event? What things did he do?
6. What was Leroux's big success?
7. When did he write The Phantom of the Opera?
8. Why isn't there a better scene for The Phantom than The Opera House?
9. What is this novel about?
10. What were other productions released by Leroux?
CHAPTER 1
Which character in the first chapter …?
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b) is the singing master?
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c) has a private box in the Opera?
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d) is in charge of Box Five?
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e) is found hanging in the third cellar?
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f) is the scenery manager?
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Answer the questions
1. What strange thing happened the evening of the retirement of the old managers of The Opera?
2. What was the ghost like?
3. Who was Joseph Buquet? What kind of man was he?
4. Describe what happened the evening Jammes saw the ghost.
5. What doesn't the ghost like? What is his secret?
6. What happened to Joseph Buquet?
7. Speak about the encounter between Sorelli and Count Chagny.
8. What was unusual about the performance that night?
9. Who are Philippe and Raoul Chagny?
10. Speak about the encounter between Christine and Raoul. What happened the night she sung like in heaven?
11. What did Raoul think when he heard Chistine talk with a man?
