DBH 4,Villains

A Tick (Ö) the correct column.

	Rasputin	Catherine de Medici	Sweeney Todd
1.  I had a barber’s shop in London.
2.  I was the main advisor of the Tsar.
3.  The Russian Revolution began a month after my death.
4.  I was born in Florence.
5.  I committed my first murder at Hyde Park.
6.  I wrote the story for a ballet.
7.  Some people called me the “Mad Monk”.
8.  I gave the meat from dead bodies to a baker.
9.  I liked hunting.

 9 points (1 point each) 

B Complete the sentences according to the stories.

1. Rasputin was the only child in his family after ...........................................................................  .

2. Alexei, the Tsar’s son, had a .......................................................................................................  .

3. The murder of Rasputin was not easy because .............................................................................

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4. When Catherine de Medici was born, astrologers advised her parents to ....................................  .

    ....................................................................................................................................................  .

5. Catherine de Medici became an expert in ...................................................................................  .

6. Sweeney Todd’s employer sold ..................................................................................................  .

7. Sweeney Todd’s childhood was ..................................................................................................  .

 14 points (2 points each) 

C  Answer the questions about the stories.

1. Why was Rasputin so unpopular?

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2. What happened to Rasputin’s body?

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3. Who was Catherine’s only friend in France?

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4. Why did Catherine de Medici want to have children?

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5. What happened to Margery Lovett?

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6. Did the death of Sweeney Todd reflect his crimes? How?

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 12 points (2 points each) 

D  Choose one topic and write a paragraph. Your paragraph should be at least 40 words long.

1. Which of the three villains do you think is the worst? Explain your answer.

2. Compare and contrast the lives of two of the main characters in the stories.

3. Describe the personality of one of the main characters in one of the stories.
How did this affect his / her life?

 15 points