N. V. Gogol: «Тарас Бульба»
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write 5 facts from Gogol’s life.
1809 birth; Nezhin gymnasium; 1828 Petersburg; 1835 «Миргород»; 1852 death.
2
Retell excerpt 1 (the sons’ arrival) in 6 sentences.
Taras laughs at their clothes, they fight, the mother objects, and he decides to go to the Sich.
3
What does Ostap’s behaviour show? Write 4–5 sentences.
He stands bravely without fear; in his last moment he remembers his father.
4
Write 5 sentences on “heroism and father–son”: what kind of father is Taras in your view?
Free answer: evidence from the excerpts.