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Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night. ( by Sylvain Dupuis)

Guy Fawkes

The story:

In the 17^th century, Guy Fawkes belonged to a group of 13 conspirators. They were Catholics and they wanted to kill the King: 'James I', because he persecuted them.

The group decided to put 36 barrels of gunpowder in a cellar under the House of Lords. This action was named 'the gunpowder plot'.

One of the group members sent a letter to a friend which read : ‘Don't go to the house of Lords on November 5^th ,1605'.

The king got the letter and in the early hours of November 5^th, 1605, when the authorities stormed the cellar, Guy was there and he was arrested. Other conspirators were caught.

They were all tortured and executed publicly in March 1607 by hanging. The government hoped to frighten Catholics in order to prevent other conspiracies.

Today:

Now Fawkes's first name has become a noun: a guy.

Every November 5^th, the Queen visits the Houses of Parliament (also named Palace of Westminster), which shelters the House of Lords.

Every year on that day, children make a guy with old clothes and newspapers. They carry it in the streets and ask for money shouting: 'a penny for the guy'. Later in the night, they burn it in a bonfire and eat some bonfire baked potatoes and toffees. Then they sing songs about 'Guy' and his failed mission watching fireworks.

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1. How many conspirators were there in the group?

2. What was the name of the English King during this period?

3. What was the religion of the members of the group?

4. What was the name of the plot?

5. Where did the group put the barrels?

6. How where the conspirators killed?

7. When was Guy Fawkes arrested?

8. What is the other name of the Houses of Parliament?

9. What do children eat during the feast?

10. What can children see in the sky during the night?

11. What does ' toffee' mean?

12. What does ' storm' mean as a verb?

13. What does ' publicly' mean?

14. What does 'prevent ' mean?

15. What does ' barrel' mean?

16. What does ' bonfire' mean?

17. What does ' bonfire baked potatoes' mean?

18. What does ' cellar' mean?

19. What does 'firework ' mean?

20. What does ' guy' mean?

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