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