Q: CHAPTER IV

IT was a morning of artistic creation. Fifteen minutes after the purple prose of Babbitt's form-letter, Chester Kirby Laylock, the resident salesman at Glen Oriole, came in to report a sale and submit an advertisement. Babbitt disapproved of Laylock, who sang in choirs and was merry at home over games of Hearts and Old Maid. He had a tenor voice, wavy chestnut hair, and a mustache like a camel's-hair brush. Babbitt considered it excusable in a family-man to growl, "Seen this new picture of the kid--husky little devil, eh?" but Laylock's domestic confidences were as bubbling as a girl's.

"Say, I think I got a peach of an ad for the Glen, Mr. Babbitt. Why don't we try something in poetry? Honest, it'd have wonderful pulling-power. Listen:

'Mid pleasures and palaces, Wherever you may roam, You just provide the little bride And we'll provide the home.

Do you get it? See--like 'Home Sweet Home.' Don't you--"

"Yes, yes, yes, hell yes, of course I get it. But--Oh, I think we'd better use something more dignified and forceful, like 'We lead, others follow,' or 'Eventually, why not now?' Course I believe in using poetry and humor and all that junk when it turns the trick, but with a high-class restricted development like the Glen we better stick to the more dignified approach, see how I mean? Well, I guess that's all, this morning, Chet."

II

By a tragedy familiar to the world of art, the April enthusiasm of Chet Laylock served only to stimulate the talent of the older craftsman, George F. Babbitt. He grumbled to Stanley Graff, "That tan-colored voice of Chet's gets on my nerves," yet he was aroused and in one swoop he wrote:

Answer the following questions:
1. What games were played?
2. Where?
3. Whose?
4. Who didn't his singing?
5. Who didn't like did not approve?
6. What did he think of the singer?
7. Why?
8. What did he do after singing?
9. What happened in April?
10. What was Babbitt's full name?
A: 1. Hearts and Old Maid.
2. At his home.
3. Laylock's
4. Laylock
5. Babbitt
6. He disapproved of him.
7. He was excited like a girl
8. unknown
9. April enthusiasm of Chet Laylock.
10. George F. Babbitt.
Q: Bergen, historically Bjrgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway. , the municipality's population was 278,121, and the Bergen metropolitan region has about 420,000 inhabitants. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the 'city of seven mountains'. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland and consists of eight boroughsArna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevag, Ytrebygda, Arstad and Asane.

Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by king Olav Kyrre and was named Bjrgvin, 'the green meadow among the mountains'. It served as Norway's capital in the 13th century, and from the end of the 13th century became a bureau city of the Hanseatic League. Until 1789, Bergen enjoyed exclusive rights to mediate trade between Northern Norway and abroad and it was the largest city in Norway until the 1830s when it was surpassed by the capital, Christiania (now known as Oslo). What remains of the quays, Bryggen, is a World Heritage Site. The city was hit by numerous fires over the years. The Bergen School of Meteorology was developed at the Geophysical Institute beginning in 1917, the Norwegian School of Economics was founded in 1936, and the University of Bergen in 1946. From 1831 to 1972, Bergen was its own county. In 1972 the municipality absorbed four surrounding municipalities and became a part of Hordaland county.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the next to biggest Norwegian city?
2. What Norwegian region is it located in?
3. How many people live in the municipality?
4. And the metro area?
5. Is it ringed by forests?
6. What is around the city?
7. What's its nickname?
8. Where are lots of the suburban areas found?
9. How many boroughs does it have?
10. What are their names?
11. When did commerce begin in the area?
12. And when was Bergen officially founded?
13. By whom?
14. What was its original name?
15. What does that mean?
16. When was it the capital of the nation?
17. After that, what organization did it join?
18. Did Bergen ever have sole rights to trade in an area of the country?
A:
1. Bergen
2. the west coast
3. 278,121
4. 420,000
5. no
6. mountains
7. the city of seven mountains
8. on islands
9. eight
10. Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevag, Ytrebygda, Arstad and Asane
11. as early as the 1020s
12. in 1070
13. king Olav Kyrre
14. Bjrgvin
15. 'the green meadow among the mountains'
16. in the 13th century
17. the Hanseatic League
18. yes