French revolt over hotel

By Rosamund Place | September 22, 2009

French revolt over abbey – true or false?

 

1. [Multiple choice]

This is an article about a hotel which specialises in cooking steaks.

(Why not? Look up ‘les rosbifs’ in the vocabulary!.)

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. True
  • 2. False (correct)

2. [Multiple choice]

The hotel is in Provence in south-western France, owned by a family from the UK.

(The hotel IS owned by a family from the UK, but it is NOT in Provence in south-western France, but in Burgundy, in central-eastern France. )

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. True
  • 2. False (correct)

3. [Multiple choice]

There is a protest campaign led by some French people who think the quality of the steaks is poor.

(The protest campaign is NOT about the quality of steaks, but about the fact that some people consider British people are taking over too much of France’s culture.)

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. True
  • 2. False (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

The local archbishop has also joined the campaign.

(The local archbishop has NOT joined the campaign. He says the abbey cost the church a great deal of money, and is clearly pleased there is a family willing to buy the abbey. )

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. True
  • 2. False (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

There have been a number of law-cases involving the hotel.

(There HAVE been a number of expensive law-cases involving the hotel. )

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. True (correct)
  • 2. False

6. [Multiple choice]

The hotel is old.

(The hotel is NOT old –it has been open under a year. )

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. True
  • 2. False (correct)

7. [Multiple choice]

The people who bought the hotel have invested a great deal of money in it.

(The people who bought the former abbey, now a hotel, have invested over £3 million in it.)

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. True (correct)
  • 2. False

8. [Multiple choice]

Local French people have been employed by the hotel-owner.

(Nine local French people have been employed by the hotel-owner. )

Answers for Quiz [8].

  • 1. True (correct)
  • 2. False

9. [Multiple choice]

A French architect is a key player in the protest about the hotel.

(A French architect IS a key player in the protest about the hotel. He has organised the ‘Save La Bussière’ campaign.)

Answers for Quiz [9].

  • 1. True (correct)
  • 2. False

10. [Multiple choice]

The campaigners have caused damage to the hotel.

(The campaigners have NOT caused damage to the hotel but to the mechanism controlling the electric gates.)

Answers for Quiz [10].

  • 1. True
  • 2. False (correct)
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