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    Open Forum 3 Web Site Worksheet: 1. Preparing To Listen

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    The document is a worksheet about a TV program discussing the movie "The Forger" which is based on a real event involving the artist John Myatt. It provides questions to guide listening to the program including questions about the plot of the movie, the characters of John Myatt and John Drewe, their forgery scheme, and the outcomes of their crimes. The worksheet tests comprehension of details about Myatt's background and motivation for forgery, Drewe's role in selling the forged paintings and tricking museums, and the different legal consequences Myatt and Drewe faced.

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    The document is a worksheet about a TV program discussing the movie "The Forger" which is based on a real event involving the artist John Myatt. It provides questions to guide listening to the program including questions about the plot of the movie, the characters of John Myatt and John Drewe, their forgery scheme, and the outcomes of their crimes. The worksheet tests comprehension of details about Myatt's background and motivation for forgery, Drewe's role in selling the forged paintings and tricking museums, and the different legal consequences Myatt and Drewe faced.

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    The document is a worksheet about a TV program discussing the movie "The Forger" which is based on a real event involving the artist John Myatt. It provides questions to guide listening to the program including questions about the plot of the movie, the characters of John Myatt and John Drewe, their forgery scheme, and the outcomes of their crimes. The worksheet tests comprehension of details about Myatt's background and motivation for forgery, Drewe's role in selling the forged paintings and tricking museums, and the different legal consequences Myatt and Drewe faced.

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    Open Forum 3 Web Site Worksheet: 1. Preparing To Listen

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    The document is a worksheet about a TV program discussing the movie "The Forger" which is based on a real event involving the artist John Myatt. It provides questions to guide listening to the program including questions about the plot of the movie, the characters of John Myatt and John Drewe, their forgery scheme, and the outcomes of their crimes. The worksheet tests comprehension of details about Myatt's background and motivation for forgery, Drewe's role in selling the forged paintings and tricking museums, and the different legal consequences Myatt and Drewe faced.

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    Open Forum 3

    Web Site Worksheet

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    1. Preparing to Listen
    You are going to listen to a TV
    entertainment show about a new movie
    called The Forger. Before you listen, think
    about the following questions.

    Is it legal to make a copy of a famous painting?

    Why do some artists make forgeries?

    2. Listening for Main Ideas


    Read questions 1 and 2. Listen to the
    program. Then choose the correct answer for
    each question.

    1. What is the movie The Forger based on?


    a. a real event
    b. a book
    c. a painting
    2. Which of these people is the artist who painted
    the forgeries?
    a. John Drewe
    b. John Myatt
    c. Albert Gleizes

    3. Listening for More Detail


    Read questions 310. Listen to the program
    again and choose the correct answer for each
    question.

    3. At the beginning of the movie, what is John


    Myatts job?
    a. professional artist
    b. auctioneer
    c. teacher

    4. What does Myatt decide to do after his wife


    leaves him?
    a. move to London and get a new job
    b. sell forgeries of famous paintings at auctions
    c. make genuine copies of famous paintings and
    sell them in his name

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    5. Who was John Drewe?


    a. an art collector
    b. a forger
    c. a friend of Myatts wife

    6. What does Drewe do?


    a. He paints forged art and sells it.
    b. He sells Myatts paintings as forgeries and
    keeps the money.
    c. He sells Myatts paintings as forgeries and
    splits the money with Myatt.

    7. Why does Drewe trick his way into art museums?


    a. He wants to steal paintings and sell them.
    b. He wants to photograph the paintings for
    Myatt to copy.
    c. He wants to leave false documentation of
    Myatts forgeries.

    8. What happened before Drewes first trial?


    a. He faked a heart attack.
    b. He had a heart attack.
    c. He was sent to prison.

    9. Which of the following is NOT a reason that


    Myatt received a shorter prison sentence than
    Drewe?
    a. He cooperated with the police.
    b. He had two children.
    c. He did not trick people into buying the
    paintings.

    10. What did Myatt do after he left prison?


    a. He continued teaching.
    b. He made more forgeries.
    c. He sold genuine fakes again.

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