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1. Where does the action of the painting «Spring» by S. Botticelli take place?
2. What Russian writer described the three sorts of apples in the story «The
black
monk»?
3. What is it – Adam’s apple?
4. What happens to the Wolf in the cartoon «Hey, wait!», when he eats apples?
5. What object is called «the apple of the royal rank»?
6. What is pectin (substance contained in apples) good for?
7. What sub-family does the apple tree refer to?
8. What well-known myth is the opera «Gold Apple» by Anthony Chesty based on?
9. What is the name of the painting, that belongs to the brush of a German painter
Lukas Cranach Senior, where the apple orchard as a symbol of life, peace, happi-
ness is depicted?
Answers to the questions of the third round:
1. A great number of painters depicted apples and transformed their paradise or-
chards into gardens full of apple trees. In the canvas «Spring» by S. Botticelli
(1445–1510) the action is taking place in the heaven orchard under the apple trees’
canopy. The main heroine – Spring – is coming out of this amazing garden to-
wards the spectators. Although Spring is in its beginning, the apple trees are stud-
ded with red apples as if they promise the result that Spring will bring to Earth.
2. A.P. Chekhov described the three types of apples in his story «The black
monk».
3. In the Bible apple is the symbol of the Fall of people and it is depicted in the
hands of Adam or Eva. The apple was a forbidden fruit, but Eva tasted it and made
Adam do the same thing. As a result they were turned out of the Paradise to the
Earth. Adam’s apple is a kind of a ledge or a cone or knob on the front side of the
throat that only men have. According to the legend, it’s a piece of an apple that
stuck in Adam's larynx.
4. In this cartoon (the series is called «In the world of tales») poor Wolf eats the
magic apples and suffers from the growing horns, long ears or a snout (pig's nose).
5. Apple of the royal rank or the Orb is a gold ball, decorated with precious stones
and topped with the cross. It is one of the most ancient state regalia. It was first
mentioned during V. Shuisky coronation.
6. Pectin is a unique substance contained in apples. Pectins are able to absorb
heavy metals and to remove them from the man’s body.
This ability is highly
appreciated today when atmosphere and all the living space of a person is polluted
with toxic wastes and exhausted fumes. Pectin can also decompose fats and with-
draw extra cholesterol that is very important for atherosclerosis prophylaxis.
7. Apple tree is a kind of
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