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One-liners I
Match these eight quotes with the characters responsible:
___1. "You could have an off-white pile linen
rug, a table in ... in afromosia teak veneer, sideboard with
matt black drawers, curved chairs with cushioned seats, armchairs
in oatmeal tweed, a beech frame settee with a woven sea-grass
seat, white-topped heat-resistant coffee table, white tile surround.
Yes. Then the bedroom. ..."
___2. "The Scots say 'wee'. The Orcadians
say 'peedie.'"
___3. "How is it that the clouds still hang
on you?"
___4. "No doubt you told Gell that Rashnikov
had told you to tell Gell that Rashnikov had told you to tell
him that you were being offered the bait."
___5. "I know our society has become insolently
egalitarian, but I refuse to believe that the gardener's verdict
on your teaching will be given too much weight."
___6. "I'm Instant Man. Get one for Christmas,
endless fun."
___7. "I find that one needs one really pure
single activity -- I should call love a single pure activity."
___8. "Dear lady, I do assure you, one is
an old chum of the leading actor."
Extra credit:
name the work, the character and the author for each quote.
a. b. c. d.
e. f. g. h.
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