1. [Multiple choice]

Valery Uszhin made a good series of investments in works of art.

(- because only just over half of his investments were ‘good’ ones, so almost half were worth very little, because they were fakes.)

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. True
• 2. False
• 3. Partly true (correct)
• 4. Doesn’t say

2. [Multiple choice]

Uszhin was given poor advice by a famous Moscow art gallery.

(At first the curator at the gallery did not realise either that the works were not genuine. )

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say

3. [Multiple choice]

The fact that the works of art were not genuine should have been obvious.

(The fraud was sophisticated, the artwork was skilful and the forgers were incredibly talented. )

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say

4. [Multiple choice]

The fraud has taken in (= deceived) a small handful of people.

(Dozens of people have been taken in, including, it is said, Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia at the time.)

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say

5. [Multiple choice]

The curator is only concerned about who has created the forgeries.

(- he’s more concerned about the fact that some European works of art have been damaged (and so maybe lost for ever) through being tampered with, and overpainted.
‘Not only …but also …’ makes it clear both matters concern the curator, but it is not clear from the article which of the curator’s two concerns is the greater.)

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say

6. [Multiple choice]

The first painting by a Danish artist which is mentioned was changed only slightly before being sold

(The picture is described as having been heavily altered.)

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say

7. [Multiple choice]

Rich Russian businessmen are not actually interested in art, only in making a profit.

(Their ‘passion’ is ‘recent’ and ‘fast-growing’, but nowhere does it suggest it is not genuine. The people who are clearly interested in ‘cashing in’ on (ie profiting from) recent interest are the forgers.)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. True
• 2. False
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say (correct)

8. [Multiple choice]

The forgers are clearly very clever.

(They are ‘incredibly talented’ and even deceived some serious art experts.)

Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say

9. [Multiple choice]

The dealers are obviously corrupt.

(The word ‘claim’ shows they say they did not realise the truth about the forgeries, but there may be doubts about it*. However, it is possible, rather than obvious, that they are corrupt.

*’Claim’ is a word often used when there are doubts about whether something is true.)

Answers for Quiz [9].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say

10. [Multiple choice]

It looks as if someone has alerted a significant Moscow art dealer.

(Yes, because he disappeared shortly before police went to arrest him. It is suggested that some people in authority don’t want the man to be caught, which is suspicious.)

Answers for Quiz [10].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False
• 3. Partly true
• 4. Doesn’t say