• Гідрологія і Гідрометрія
• Господарське право
• Економіка будівництва
• Економіка природокористування
• Економічна теорія
• Земельне право
• Історія України
• Кримінально виконавче право
• Медична радіологія
• Методи аналізу
• Міжнародне приватне право
• Міжнародний маркетинг
• Основи екології
• Предмет Політологія
• Соціальне страхування
• Технічні засоби організації дорожнього руху
• Товарознавство продовольчих товарів

COMPREHENSION AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1.What time of year is it? Where does the lottery take place? Who participates in it?

2.What atmosphere is felt at the beginning of the story?

3.What are the children doing while waiting for the lottery to begin?

4.In the third paragraph, what suggests that the lottery is a serious event?

5.How are the villagers grouped as the lottery begins?

6.Who conducts the lottery? Who helps him to set up the lottery? Why are the villagers reluctant to help?

7.What indications do you have of how many years the lottery has been going on?

8.What activities immediately precede the formal opening of the lottery? How have these activities changed over the years?

9.Who is the last person to arrive? Why is she late?

10.What are the rules concerning people who can’t attend the lottery?

11.What happens in the first round of drawing? What indication is there in the text that another round is to follow?

12.What are the signs of people’s nervousness during the drawing?

13.What saying about the lottery does Old Man Warner remember? What does that suggest about a possible origin of the lottery? What arguments does Old Man Warner present for keeping the lottery?

14.Normally someone “wins” a lottery, but that word is never used in the story. What expression is used instead?

15.A lottery winner is generally very pleased with his luck. How does Bill Hutchinson react when he “gets it”? What is Tessie’s reaction? Is her accusation fair?

16.What’s the finale of the lottery? Who participates?

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