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Answer the questions

1. Why did the writer go to Thailand?
He was a journalist who had seen a video of the painting elephant.
He was a scientist who had studied animal art.
He was curious about the conditions of the elephants.

2. What is said about the artistic abilities of chimpanzees?
They never had any creative abilities.
Their art was only repetitive abstract art.
They created different kinds of abstract artworks.

3. How is the elephant painting created?
The elephant's keeper directs the animal's brush by nudging its trunk.
The keeper uses tiny movements to tell the elephant what to do next.
The elephant has been trained to do the same picture every time without any human intervention.

4. Do you think that what the elephant is doing can be called "creating art"? Why or why not?


Review some vocabulary related to painting, creativity and animals.

1. Which of the following shares the closest meaning to "The internet is notoriously awash with fakes"?
containts an incredible amount of lies
has a bad reputation of being full of lies
is almost nothing but lies

2. What is logging?
cutting down trees for timber
the same as signing in to an online service
putting things in their right places

3. What is a sanctuary?
the same as a zoo
a holy place or a "safe haven"
a very quiet place

4. If the elephant sanctuary is reminiscent of old‐fashioned circus acts, it means
is nothing like old circuses
it reminds of old circuses
is a smaller version of old circuses

5. Botanical topics are very common in art, but what does it mean?
Happy topics
Flowers and plants
Still life (a painting of objects of any sort)

6. What is an easel?
a small animal like a rat
a big hammer
a wooden frame for holding a painting when it's being made

7. We can still marvel ___ the skills of these animals.
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