English II: A Tale of Two Cities The Bastille Vickie C. Ball, Harlan High School 1. To many French citizens, the Bastille was a symbol of _____________________. 2. People had long hated the “______________________________,” papers issued in the king’s name which allowed for arrest and detention without benefit of ______________. 3. Under Louis XIV (pictured at right), the government sent to the Bastille the journalists who had written lampoons against his policies and individuals involved in great scandals such as ________________________, _______________________, and deviant social and sexual behavior. 4. The _________________________________, whose name produced the word “sadism,” had been a prisoner in the Bastille until just a few days before the riot. (When crowds gathered, he would take the funnel used to send his slops into the moat and turn it into a megaphone for shouting obscenities at the people below.) 5. Another famous prisoner was the “__________________________________,” actually a velvet mask worn to conceal his identity. Legends have been rife about this man, who was confined from 1698 until his death in 1703. 6. The writer __________________________ (pictured at left) was imprisoned there for almost a year for verses he had written satirizing ______________________. Several years later he was imprisoned for twelve days after he had dared to make fun of a nobleman who had him beaten and arrested. 7. After release, some prisoners published accounts of their experiences. Thus, the Bastille became a symbol of ______________________________. 8. This site is the original location of the Bastille. A________________sits there now, but the yellow lines delineate the original outlines of the Bastille. Targeted Standards: AH-H-5.3.310 Realism: Charles Dickens POS 7: Understand vocabulary in context
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English II: A Tale of Two Cities The Bastille
Vickie C. Ball, Harlan High School
1. To many French citizens, the Bastille was a symbol of _____________________.
2. People had long hated the
“______________________________,” papers issued in the king’s name which
allowed for arrest and detention without benefit of ______________.
3. Under Louis XIV (pictured at right), the government sent to the
Bastille the journalists who had written lampoons against his policies and individuals involved in great scandals such as ________________________, _______________________, and deviant social and sexual behavior.
4. The _________________________________, whose name
produced the word “sadism,” had been a prisoner in the Bastille until just a few days before the riot. (When crowds gathered, he would take the funnel used to send his slops into the moat and turn it into a megaphone for shouting obscenities at the people below.)
5. Another famous prisoner was the “__________________________________,”
actually a velvet mask worn to conceal his identity. Legends have been rife about this man, who was confined from 1698 until his death in 1703.
6. The writer __________________________ (pictured at left)
was imprisoned there for almost a year for verses he had written satirizing ______________________. Several years later he was imprisoned for twelve days after he had dared to make fun of a nobleman who had him beaten and arrested.
7. After release, some prisoners published accounts of their
experiences. Thus, the Bastille became a symbol
of ______________________________. 8. This site is the original location of the Bastille.
A________________sits there now, but the yellow lines delineate the original outlines of the Bastille.
Targeted Standards: AH-H-5.3.310 Realism: Charles Dickens POS 7: Understand vocabulary in context
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