Read the following passage. Do the statements agree with the views of the writer? Write:
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer,
NO if the statement contradicts the writer's claims,
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to know what the writer thinks about this.
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| Text |
Statements |
YES/ NO/ NOT GIVEN |
| Despite Victorian times being characterized by
romanticism, the famous British romantic poets
belong to the period before Queen Victoria. |
1 The romantic poets are not
normally described as Victorian
poets. |
(they are not Victorian, they belong to
the period before Victoria's rule) |
| From the same era date famous writers such as Jane
Austen and Mary Shelley (who wrote Frankenstein), and
great architects such as James Wyatt and John Nash. |
2 Jane Austen and Mary Shelly
were two authors who knew
each other well. |
(they may have known each
other because they lived in the same period,
but there is no evidence provided for this) |
| And, even if we know they can all be described as
Georgian artists, which King George does this refer
to? Actually, it refers to four of them (George I,
George II, George Ill and George IV), and thus spans
a long period incorporating most of the 18th century
and some of the 19th. |
3 The adjective 'Georgian‘ can
refer to people who lived
during the period that King
George I ruled. |
( it can, but it can also refer to the three
other kings named George) |
| The Georgian style incorporates previous styles,
including gothic, and has its own subdivision, Regency
style, which describes the period of George IV. |
4 The gothic style came after the
Georgian style. |
(gothic is referred to as a 'previous'
style to Georgian, which is incorporated into
Georgian) |
| 5 George IV was a king who was
known for his sense of style. |
(there is a style that refers to
the period when he rules, but we do not
know if he himself had style) |
