Questions.

1 – What do people in England celebrate on the 5^th of November?

a) Guy Fawkes’ Night

b) a traditional holiday

c) a bank holiday

d) a gunpowder plot

2 – What event do they remember?

a) the battle

b) the gunpowder plot

c) the opening of the Parliament

d) the religious crisis

3 – Who was Guy Fawkes?

a) a politician

b) a participant of the plot

c) a killer

d) a religious leader

4 – Why did they want to kill the king?

a) because of religious and political contradictions

b) because the king was going to open Parliament

c) because Guy Fawkes wanted to be the king

d) because the king was cruel towards the people

5 – How did they mean to kill the king?

a) to shoot him in the Parliament

b) to blow up the palace

c) to blow up the House of Parliament

d) to chop off his head

6 – What happened to Guy Fawkes finally?

a) he was arrested

b) he was executed

c) he was caught and put to prison

d) he was found in the cellars

7 – When did these events take place?

a) in 1605

b) in November

c) on November 5^th, 1605

d) on November 5^th

8 – Why do the people of England celebrate this date up to now?

a) they like Guy Fawkes

b) they like to keep up traditions

c) they enjoy holidays

d) they hate their kings

9 – What do the children make "a guy” of?

a) wood and straw

b) wood and stones

c) straw and old clothes

d) straw and stones

10 – How do the children spend the money they collect from the passers-by?

a) they buy sweets

b) they buy fireworks

c) they give it for charity

d) they buy toys