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A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR´S COURT
NAME:

DATE:

1. Match the words in A with their definitions in B.
A

B
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Weapon
Faint
Whisper
Surrounding
Argument
Scare
Notice
Delighted

………a. talk very quietly
……….b. very happy
………..c. lose consciousness
………..d. something that is used for fighting
………. e. see
.……… f. dispute
…………. g. the area around you
…………. h. frighten

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from column A above. You may change
the form of the words.
1. Hank talked about the violent……………………… he had had with a worker at the
factory.
2. Hank ……………………..that there weren´t any shops in Camelot.
3. While Hank was waiting in the courtyard, he explored his…………………………
4. Clarence told Hank not to………………….. because prisoners weren´t allowed to lie
down.
5. The solemn look on the soldiers´ faces……………… Hank.
6. Merlin……………………something and moved his hands, but nothing happened.
7. The king was ………………………… when Hank said he would make him a bicycle.
8. At the moment, the combatant could use any……………………..he wanted.
3. Put the following sentences in the order they happened in the story.
……………a. Clarence told the king that Hank was a magician.
…………..b. The knights of the Round Table decided to execute Hank.
………….c. Hank became unconscious when he was hit over the head.
………….d. Hank blew up Merlin´s tower.
…………..e. Hank made Sir Sagramore angry.
………….f. Alisande saved Hank´s life.
…………g. Hank woke up in a strange place.
………….h. The king made Hank his minister.

4. Choose the correct answer.
1. The rack is a very (faithful/pleased/painful) form of punishment.
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2. The prisoner was (helpless/ grateful/successful) to Hank for saving his life.
3. Hank wanted to punish Queen Morgana for her (challenge/court/crimes).
4. The king and Hank didn´t always (manage/pray/fasten) to stay out of trouble.
5. The king refused to move and stood (weakly/ stubbornly/gently) in the way.
6. The crowd (laughed/chased/cared) loudly when Hank asked to be freed.
7. Hank was so frightened that he could hardly (apologise/breathe/fire).
8. The king decided to end (bravery/armour/slavery).
9. Hank was very pleased that his daughter´s health had
(ruled/dropped/improved).
10. The narrator saw the (wound/lock/saddle) in Hank´s chest.
5. Write True (T) or False(F) next to each sentence.
…………1. People didn´t like Queen Morgana because she was King Arthur´s sister.
………….2. The prisoner on the rack had killed the deer.
………….3. Alisande saved Hank´s life more than once.
…………..4. Lord Grip tricked Hank and the king.
…………..5. Hank sent a doctor to Clarence in the castle at Camelot.
…………..6. The king made new laws when he returned to Camelot.
………….7. Queen Guinevere fell in love with Merlin.
…………8. Hank had wanted to use modern technology to destroy the knights.
…………9. Hank was already injured when he got to Merlin´s cave.

…………10. Merlin died because he touched the electric fence.
6.There are four false sentences in B above. Correct them.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Choose the correct answer.
During a violent (argument/ challenge) with a worker in his factory, Hank Morgan was
hit over the head and became unconscious. When Hank woke up, he was
(grateful/puzzled) by his strange surroundings. A man dressed in knight´s clothes took
Hank to a castle. Hank soon found out that he (had woken up/woke up) in the 6th
century and was now in King Arthur´s (weapon/court). Everyone was (upset/scared)of
Hank, (who/that) they believed had magic powers. Hank (disturbed/persuaded) the
king to make him his minister.
Hank had many adventures and he helped many people. (During/While) staying in the
castle of Queen Morgana, Hank saw a prisoner who (was being stretched/was
stretching) on a rack. Hank told the queen to let all her prisoners go. Some of them
(lived/had been living) in the dungeons for many years.
Hank and the king travelled around Britain together. They had some difficult moments
because the king refused (bow/breathe) when rich people walked by, but Hank always
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(blamed/ managed) to get them out of these moments. During their travels, they
(were thrown/ had thrown) into prison. The king decided that he (might/would) pass
a law to end slavery as soon as he returned to Camelot.

Merlin the magician didn´t like Hank and was very (proud/jealous) of Hank´s power.
Merlin used his magic powers to put Hank to sleep for 1,300 years. Hank finally woke
up again in the 19th century.

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