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LEVEL 6
PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
The Remains of the Day
While reading
Introduction
1 Complete the paragraph.
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in (a) ………………,
but he has spent most of his life in
(b) ……………… . His first novel, A
Pale
View of Hills (c) ……………… in 1982.
(d) ……………… of his novels have won prizes
and The
Remains of the Day won the 1989
Booker Prize, the biggest (e) ………………
prize in England.
Chapters 1–2
2 Choose the right ending for these sentences.
a
Stevens has been upset recently because …..
1)
Miss Kenton has sent him a letter.
2)
he has made mistakes in his job.
3)
Mr Farraday has asked him to take a
holiday.
b
Miss Kenton …..
1)
has sent letters to Stevens before.
2)
has not contacted Stevens for twenty years.
3)
has asked to return to Darlington Hall.
c
Mr Farraday …..
1)
seems to be unkind.
2)
likes to joke with his servants.
3)
is quite an anxious person.
d
Thinking of his coming holiday, Stevens
is …..
1)
very enthusiastic.
2)
rather ill.
3)
organized and serious.
e
‘Dignity’ for Stevens is …..
1)
always putting the job first.
2)
making your own decisions.
3)
allowing your emotions to rule your life.
3 Answer these questions.
a
What evidence is there that Stevens has not
travelled far beyond Darlington Hall before?
b
Where does Stevens spend the first night of
his holiday?
c
Why does the landlady look alarmed when
Stevens writes his address in the register?
d
What one quality does Stevens think a great
butler should have?
e
Why does Stevens think that Miss Kenton’s
real message is that she wants to return to
Darlington Hall?
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Chapters 3–4
4 Put the following events in the order in which
they happened.
a
Miss Kenton brings Stevens a vase of
flowers.
c
b
Stevens’s father loses his job and comes
to Darlington Hall as under-butler.
c
c
Miss Kenton points out to Stevens that
a dustpan has been left outside his door.
c
d
Miss Kenton asks Stevens to look at a
statue which is in the wrong place.
c
e
Stevens tells Miss Kenton not to call his
father by his first name.
c
f
Miss Kenton tells Stevens that his father
has too much responsibility for a man
of his age.
c
g
Miss Kenton tells Stevens that the silver
forks have not been cleaned properly.
c
h
Stevens tells Miss Kenton that his father’s
work is perfect.
c
5 The following sentences are false. Correct
them.
a
Lord Darlington tells Stevens that he wants
his father to leave Darlington Hall.
b
Miss Kenton trips and falls on the steps of the
summerhouse.
c
Stevens and his father have a warm and
friendly relationship.
d
Stevens found it easy to plan for Lord
Darlington’s international conference.
e
Stevens was a little ashamed about the guests
who were coming to stay.
Chapters 5–6
6 Match the beginnings and ends of the
sentences.
a
Lord Darlington asks Stevens …..
b
Reginald Cardinal is …..
c
Miss Kenton is …..
d
Mr Dupont shouts for Stevens because …..
e
Miss Kenton asks Stevens …..
f
Stevens is …..
1)
angry because Stevens keeps criticizing her
work.
2)
he has sore feet.
3)
to explain the facts of life to Reginald
Cardinal.
4)
to send her a note instead of speaking to
her.
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The Remains of the Day
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unable to complete the task Lord
Darlington asks him to perform.
6)
engaged to be married.
d
e
f
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stroke …..
trolley …..
inn …..
1)
a hot chocolate drink
2)
a male servant
3)
a flat piece of wood with wheels which
you use to carry things.
4)
a sudden illness which often makes you
unable to move part of your body
5)
an American politician
6)
a place where one can drink or stay the
night
Chapters 7–8
7 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a
One of a butler’s duties is to polish the
silver.
c
b
Many famous people visit Darlington
Hall, but none of them notices the silver.
c
c
Lord Halifax is happy to meet Herr
Ribbentrop in secret.
c
d
Stevens believes that Lord Darlington
betrayed his country.
c
e
Stevens has recently made an error with
the polishing of the silver.
c
8 Match the names of the people with the
endings to make correct sentences.
a
Sarah and Ruth …..
b
Lord Darlington …..
c
Stevens and Miss Kenton …..
d
Stevens …..
e
Miss Kenton …..
f
Stevens …..
1)
meet regularly at night to drink cocoa and
talk.
2)
is angry that the maids are to be
dismissed.
3)
finally claims that he was upset by the
matter of the maids.
4)
are Jewish maids who work at Darlington
Hall.
5)
does not believe Lord Darlington dislikes
Jews.
6)
orders the Jewish maids to be dismissed to
please his German guests.
Chapters 9–12
9 Answer these questions.
a
Why doesn’t Stevens stay in Tavistock?
b
Where is he going when he runs out of petrol?
c
How does he meet the Taylors?
d
How much do the Taylors charge for the room?
e
What does Miss Kenton accuse Stevens of
reading?
10 Match the words with their meanings.
a
cocoa …..
b
footman …..
c
senator …..
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Chapters 13 –15
11 Answer these questions.
a
What makes the evening before Stevens’s
meeting with Miss Kenton ‘difficult’?
b
How do Mr Smith’s views about ‘people in
high places’ differ from Stevens’s?
c
What incident from the past does Stevens use
to support his views?
d
What do you think about the way Mr Spencer
treats Stevens?
12 Who says these things and what are they
talking about?
a
‘We don’t miss it much.’
b
‘It’s an absolute beauty’
c
‘Perhaps you could tell us, Sir’
d
‘That must have been a great honour’
e
‘I used to know a nephew of his’
Chapters 16 –18
13 Underline the correct word or expression.
a
Lord Darlington is impressed / annoyed by the
young Mr Cardinal’s writings.
b
Mr Stevens is upset / uninterested by Miss
Kenton’s having a boyfriend.
c
Miss Kenton decides / is obliged to leave her
job, since she is getting married.
d
Mr Cardinal is horrified at / supportive of
Darlington’s political plans.
e
Miss Kenton appeared to be worn out /
delighted by her life.
14 Complete these sentences.
a
Stevens is writing, in Weymouth, while
waiting for …..
b
Miss Kenton has changed little over …..
c
Miss Kenton’s marriage was not as …..
d
Mr Cardinal had died during …..
e
Lord Darlington had lost …..
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The Remains of the Day
1 Are the sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a
Stevens was in the kitchen when Farraday
c
mentioned a holiday.
b
Stevens is a little embarrassed by his reaction
c
to Miss Kenton’s letter.
c
Farraday pretends to assume that Stevens has
c
a girlfriend.
d
The American master sometimes makes rude
jokes.
c
e
Stevens had frequently had to travel far from
c
Darlington Hall.
2 Match the words from the story with their
meanings.
a
affection (n) …..
b
banter (n and v) …..
c
climax (n) …..
d
dignity (n) …..
e
drawing room (n) …..
f
landing (n) …..
g
nostalgia (n) …..
1)
the floor at the top of a set of stairs
2)
a slightly sad feeling when you remember happy
events from the past
3)
(have a) conversation that has a lot of jokes in it
4)
the most important or exciting part of
something
5)
a feeling of gentle love
6)
a large room where people can sit and talk
7)
calm, serious behaviour that makes people
respect you
3 Choose the correct answer.
a
Just before the conference …..
1)
various members of staff were showing the
strain.
2)
Stevens was sure everything was under control.
3)
Miss Kenton was feeling inexperienced.
b
The French visitor …..
1)
was really called Monsieur Dupont.
2)
was not known by the public to be at the
conference.
3)
was not an important guest.
c
Stevens tried to discuss intimate subjects with Mr
Cardinal …..
1)
and quickly completed his mission.
2)
but found he had been misunderstood.
3)
but knew little about ladies or gentlemen.
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d
When Stevens’s father is ill …..
1)
Stevens explains the situation to his employer.
2)
Stevens abandons his work.
3)
Miss Kenton helps as best she can.
4 Complete the sentences with words from the box.
delighted central dignified
unimportant angry
a
The polishing of silver became a …………… part
of a butler’s duties in the 1920s.
b
Lord Halifax was …………… with Darlington’s
silver.
c
Stevens is rather …………… about what is said
concerning his previous master.
d
Stevens considers the anti-Jewish incident to be
…………… .
e
Stevens intended to sack Sarah and Ruth in a
…………… manner.
5 Are the sentences right (3) or wrong (7)?
a
Miss Kenton was pessimistic about Lisa’s
c
career at the beginning.
b
Miss Kenton suggests Stevens prefers to avoid
c
employing beautiful young women.
c
Miss Kenton has an idealistic view of marriage.
c
d
Mr Taylor treats Stevens very formally.
c
e
Mr Taylor’s son has recently died.
c
6 Complete the sentences with the name of one of
the characters.
a
……………… wanted there to be more light in
Stevens room.
b
……………… is reluctant to talk about his
reading habits.
c
……………… felt that most housekeepers wanted
a family eventually.
d
……………… once had a lot of ambition for his
career.
7 Underline the correct word.
a
The group had been discussing dignity / honesty.
b
Stevens believes it is a pity / good
thing that ordinary
people don’t think a lot about politics.
c
Mr Spencer has a (an) kindly / insulting attitude to
Stevens.
d
Mr Spencer seems convinced of the uselessness /
importance of democracy.
e
Stevens feels unashamed / guilty for the support he
gave to the political projects of Lord Darlington.
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