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Guy Fawkes Night. Holidays and celebrations.




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Guy Fawkes Night.

����� Bonfire Night is celebrated by British people every year on 5 November.�The idea is to conmemorate of a famous event in British history, A plan called the Gunpowder Plot. On 5 November 1605 a group of Roman Catholics planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament while King James I was still�inside. On the evening before, one of them, Guy (Guido) Fawkes was caught in the cellars with gunpowder, and the plot was discovered because a letter sent the day before. He and four other conspirators were put to death. Bonfire Night is sometimes called Guy Fawkes Night.

���� Formely, Bonfire Night was celebrated as a victory for Protestants over Catholics, but the festival is now enjoyed by everyone. Some children make a guy, a figure of a man made of old clothes stuffed with newspaper or straw to represent Guy Fawkes. The guy is then burned on top of a bonfire on Bonfire Night. Only adults are legally allowed to buy fireworks. �����

������There are sometimes accidents involving fireworks and there are now restrictions on the type of fireworks that can be used by the general public.
Some people hold private bonfire parties in their gardens, while others attend larger public events organized by local councils or charities. Chestnuts or potatoes are often put in the bonfire so that they will cook as it burns.

Read the passage and according to its content choose the correct option.
1. What do people celebrate on November 5th?��������������������������������������������������������������

2. Why did the�plan fail?

3. How do people remember�Bonfire Night?

4. What was the plot about?

5. What do people do with chestnuts and potatoes?

6. Was Guy Fawkes a Roman Catholic or a Protestant?

7. Who celebrates Bonfire Night?