LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUhFDaZs20

PART 1 (0:58-3:30)

True or false?

1. Andrew Davies thought Pride and Prejudice was about sex and money.
2. Jane Austen describes Elizabeth Bennet as always moving and doing things.
3. Andrew Davies’ dialogues are similar to the dialogues in the books.
4. Everyone thought Colin Firth was the perfect choice for Mr. Darcy.
5. At one point Colin Firth abandoned the production but was then persuaded to
return.

PART 2 (3:30-6:57)

Write your answer:

1. Why did the actress who played Elizabeth dye her eyebrows?
2. What is the main difference between the actor who played Mr. Collins and the
Mr. Collins from the book?
3. How did Adrian Lukis get the part of George Wickham?
4. Why does it make sense to say that Jane’s Austen’s fictional character who is
most like her in personality is Mr. Bennet?
 ANSWERS

Part 1:

1. False: Sue Birtwistle is the one who says that.

2. True: Every single word that describes Elizabeth in the book is an energetic
word.
3. False: The lines are not easy to say, but Jane Austen had a great sense of
theater.
4. False: Many people thought Colin Firth wasn’t fit for the role. The director
describes him as “an unmade bed”, and his brother thought Mr. Darcy is sexy
but Colin isn’t.
5. True: Colin temporary did pull out, and the producer had to put all the pressure
she could put on him to return.

Part 2:

1. She was blonde and they wanted a brown-haired Elizabeth, so she died them.
Then they put a wig on her with the dyed eyebrows and looked like a natural
brunette.
2. The actor, David Bamber, thought he was too old to play Mr. Collins, as he
turned 40 and Mr. Collins is 23-24 and just left University.
3. The actor that was originally going to play George Wickham withdrew from the
production, for reasons unknown, and the part opened up.
4. Mr. Bennet is always there, participates, enjoys the parties and the balls, but
doesn’t join in too much, he is an observer and that was what Jane Austen did.

WORDS THAT CARLOS WROTE DOWN:

 Screening: When a movie is shown to certain people before it comes out to the
general public.
 Baddie: Bad guy.