Do a short quiz before you read. 1. What is Covent Garden? a. a square in London's West End b. an oprera house c. both of them d. neither of them 2. Covent Garden is one of London's main tourist attractions. How many visitors does it receive annually? a. 4 million b. 14 million c. 44 million 3. When we think of Covent Garden, it brings to mind the word piazza. What does it stand for? a. an Italian square b. an Italian road c. an Italian opera genre 4. What did Covent Garden use to be before it became an urban area? a. a garden near the place where nuns lived b. a garden near the palace 5. Which famous play does Covent Garden feature in? a. Oscar Wilde's 'An Ideal Husband' b. Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion c. William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' Read our text to find out the right answers to your questions. Charles Dickens wrote: ' What inexhaustible food for speculation, do the stre
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