E X E R C I S E 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.
1. The passage describes how Hasan-i-Sabbah
A) sold the drug called hashish, which was made from Indian hemp
B) founded the Isma'ili branch of Islam
C) fought against Persian terrorists
D) was eventually killed by one of his enemies
E) established a group of Muslims called Nizaris
2. The group of killers referred to in the passage were originally called by a name meaning
A) people who use a particular drug
B) the old men of the mountain
C) those headed for paradise
D) great mountain fortress
E) the secret order of Muslims
3. According to the passage, for two hundred years the Nizaris
A) ran a drug smuggling operation which brought hashish from India
B) led a secret life of silence and prayer as Isma'ili Shi'ites
C) instilled fear in the inhabitants of the Middle East
D) established a political system in the Islamic world
E) built a magnificent fortress beside the Caspian Sea
E X E R C I S E 3: Complete the sentences by selecting words from Column B in EXERCISE 1.
1. The word "ghetto" is from the old Italian word "borghetto", meaning a
settlement outside a walled city.
2. From 740 to 1050 AD, warriors known as Vikings coastal inhabitants
from Finland in the North to Constantinople in the South. They made dawn raids, killing
villagers, kidnapping youths, and stealing valuables.
3. Harriet Tubman escaped slavery in 1849 and helped many other slaves reach freedom. She
was given the "Moses of her People".
4. The folk hero Robin Hood reportedly lived in a/an in Sherwood Forest.
His enemy, the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, never discovered where he and his men lived.
5. The of Mahatma Gandhi by a religious fanatic, who was angry at
Gandhi's attempts to unite Hindus and Muslims, violently ended the life of one of the greatest
leaders of non-violence of all time.
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