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1 1The Bastille, Paris There are ten mistakes in this account. Underline them and correct them. It was a cool autumn night in Aramis went to the Bastille prison and told the guard of the prison that he had to talk to one of the prisoners. When Aramis went into the cell, he saw an old man having a plate of food. The man said he had seen Aramis before. When Aramis asked him if he wanted to be free, the man was confused. Aramis confirmed that they had met before, when the man was fifteen years old. That day Aramis had visited him with a lady in a purple cloak. The prisoner remembered her and said she used to visit him in his cell but her visits had stopped eight years ago. He told Aramis that, as a child, he used to live with a nurse and a teacher because his parents were dead. Aramis told him that his mother was alive. 2The Prisoner Answer these questions. 1. How old was the prisoner? 2. Why was his teacher worried one day? 3. Who was the lady that used to visit the young man? 4. What was the young man s name? 5. Who took him to the Bastille? 6. What did they do to his nurse and teacher? 7. When was Philippe born? 8. Who were King Louis XIII and Queen Anne? 9. How was Philippe related to King Louis XIV? 10. Did Louis XIV know about this? 11. Who decided to hide Philippe in the country and why? 12. Why did Aramis tell this secret? 13. Why did Aramis want Philippe to replace the king? 14. What did he promise Philippe before he left? 3The The Louvre, Paris Mark these sentences as T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements. 1. The Musketeers were the royal guards. 2. Porthos was the leader of the King s Musketeers. 3. The Louvre was a museum in Paris. 4. Monsieur Fouquet had a new house at Vaux. 5. He was going to give a party for the Musketeers. 6. Monsieur Fouquet was having money problems. 7. Aramis promised to help him. 8. In return, he wanted an arrest order written by the Minister. 9. Aramis said the criminal s name was Seldon. 10. Aramis said Seldon had insulted the bishops of France. 4 Y You Will Be a Great King Complete the blanks. Aramis dressed as a 1. and went to the 2.. He was 3. with the prison governor when a messenger arrived with a release order from 4.. While Baisemeaux was calling the 5., Aramis 6. the order with another for the release of a prisoner called 7. instead of Seldon. Baisemeaux was confused because of all the 8. he had had, but he released the prisoner - in fact, he released 9.. Aramis and Philippe left for Vaux. On the way, they discussed their plan. Aramis made sure that Philippe knew all about his 10. and his 11. ; for example, that Colbert and Fouquet were 12. and that 13. must not discover their plan. Philippe asked Aramis what he wanted in return for his help and Aramis said that he wanted to become the 14..

The man said he had seen Aramis before. When Aramis asked him if he wanted to be free, the man was confused. Aramis confirmed that they had met before, when the man was fifteen years old.

2 5The Great House at Vaux aux aux Match the two parts of each sentence. 1. The day of the feast was... a. a present and went to their bedrooms. 2. Before the royal family arrived,... b. to arrest Fouquet. 3. There were a lot of... c. the King and learn his movements. 4. After the meal, the guests... d. reconsider Fouquet s arrest. 5. At the end of the evening everybody got... e. a lovely 15th August. 6. D Artagnan suspected Aramis... f. had taken money from the treasury. 7. Aramis told Philippe to watch... g. for a written order. 8. Colbert told the King that Fouquet... h. listened to music and watched fireworks. 9. The King ordered D Artagnan... i. Aramis talked to Fouquet about the King and Colbert. 10. D Artagnan asked the King... j. was making a plot against the King. 11. The King promised to... k. important people at the party. 6 I Am the King of France! Complete this summary with words from the boxes. Prepositions Verbs (use the past form) against along drive lock order back except pull push put into off receive say speak out of (x2) through take tell Two masked men 0. took the King 1. his bedroom and 2. him 3. a secret door. They 4. him 5. an underground passage, 6. the house and 7. a carriage. Then they 8. away to the Bastille. Outside the prison, one of the men 9. a gun 10. the King s head and 11. him to keep quiet. The other man his mask and 14. to the prison governor. This man was Aramis; he 15. there was a mistake with the prisoner s name and so he had brought Marchiali 16.. He told the governor that the prisoner was mad and must talk to nobody 17. him, his guard and the King. Then Louis was 18. in Philippe s prison cell. At Vaux D Artagnan 19. Fouquet that he had to watch him until he 20. the King s orders for his arrest. 7Louis and Philippe Finish these sentences. 1. In his cell, Louis The guard was surprised because Louis demanded to tell the governor The guard At Vaux Aramis told Philippe Aramis laughed when Philippe said D Artagnan was surprised to see He insisted that the King From his room Philippe told him to D Artagnan couldn t understand Aramis explained that... 8Fouquet Learns the Secret Answer these questions. 1. What did D Artagnan tell Fouquet? 2. What did Fouquet tell Aramis about the missing money? 3. What did Aramis reply? 4. How did Fouquet first react when he learnt Aramis secret? 5. Why did he change his mind? 6. What did he say he would do instead? 7. What did he tell Aramis to do? 8. What did Aramis decide to do?

6. D Artagnan suspected Aramis... f. had taken money from the treasury. 7. Aramis told Philippe to watch... g. for a written order. 8. Colbert told the King that Fouquet... h. listened to music and watched fireworks.

3 9The Bishop s s Plot Number the events. a. Baisemeaux showed Fouquet to the prisoner s cell. b. Louis ordered the capture of Belle-Isle. c. Fouquet drove to the Bastille. d. Louis gave orders for the traitors to die. e. Baisemeaux asked for the King s order to take Fouquet to the prisoner. f. Louis learnt about Aramis and Porthos escape. g. The prison guards did not recognise Fouquet. h. Louis learnt about his twin brother. i. Fouquet accused Baisemeaux of helping Aramis with the crime. j. Fouquet threatened to bring the King s soldiers. 10The Brothers Answer these questions. 1. Who was in the King s room at Vaux when Fouquet arrived? 2. Why was Queen Anne confused? 3. How did Louis prove that he was the real King? 4. What did he order D Artagnan to do? 5. Why did Aramis and Porthos go to Athos house? 6. Why did Athos refuse to go to Belle-Isle? 7. How did he help Aramis? 8. What did he think King Louis planned to do? 11The Meetings at Nantes Use the cues to write a summary. Musketeers / search / beat / arrest D Ar Artagnan / Fouquet / Bastille / escape / release King Louis / D Ar Artagnan / Belle-Isle / fort t/traitors 12Belle-Isle Mark these sentences as T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements. 1. Aramis and Porthos were walking along the beach when they saw the King s Musketeers. 2. Aramis asked Porthos to give the alarm and get the islanders ready to fight. 3. D Artagnan wanted Aramis and Porthos to stay on the island. 4. In the end, D Artagnan arrested his friends. 5. Aramis and Porthos stayed at Belle-Isle after D Artagnan went back to his boat. 6. D Artagnan told his men that the islanders planned to defend the fort. 7. He told them he planned to negotiate with the officers from the fort. 8. The musketeers obeyed the orders from their captain. 9. D Artagnan tried to escape from the musketeers. 10. The musketeers shot D Artagnan.

Louis learnt about his twin brother. i. Fouquet accused Baisemeaux of helping Aramis with the crime. j. Fouquet threatened to bring the King s soldiers. 10

4 13Escape Number these events. a. Aramis and Porthos ran to Locmaria cave. b. The islanders fought against the King s men. c. Porthos killed the soldiers with a rock. d. The King s ships sailed to the mainland. e. The explosion made some rocks fall from the roof. f. They planned to use a boat that was inside a cave. g. The King s soldiers walked along a passage into the cave. h. Porthos died under the falling rocks. i. Aramis and Porthos found a barrel of gunpowder and lit the fuse. j. Aramis sailed towards Spain. k. Aramis said they had to escape before the ships returned. l. Three men helped Aramis and Porthos move the boat out of the cave. m. Aramis and Porthos heard gunshots on the other side of the island. n. The King s soldiers sailed to the island in small boats. o. Aramis told the islanders to stop fighting and go back home. 14The Last Musketeer Finish these sentences. 1. The King got a message about He wanted D Artagnan to In return, he agreed to In Paris D Artagnan learnt about The King already knew because He promised D Artagnan to let Aramis In 1665 D Artagnan... Follow-up Choose one of these tasks. 1. Write Aramis letter to D Artagnan telling him about the battle, Porthos death and how he escaped to Spain. Write words. 2. Queen Anne visits Philippe in his new prison. Write a conversation between mother and son. Write 8-12 exchanges.

The King s soldiers walked along a passage into the cave. h. Porthos died under the falling rocks. i. Aramis and Porthos found a barrel of gunpowder and lit the fuse. j. Aramis sailed towards Spain.

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