The Hunchback of Notre Dame

(level of students: pre-intermediate / intermediate, activities for 1 x 90 min lesson)

CHARACTERS: Monsieur Frollo, Esmeralda, Esmeralda’s father “The King in the Court of Miracles”, donkey Jolly,
Quasimodo (bell ringer), Captain Phoebus, Pierre Gringoire (poet)

Order the events:

(up to “Hanging puppet brought”)
a. “The King” accuses Gringoire of trespassing the Court of Miracles and makes him join the thieves.
b. Captain Phoebus helps Esmeralda.
c. Gringoire falls into a pub in the Court of Miracles.
d. Gringoire is unhappy because Esmeralda likes the captain.
e. Monsieur Frollo is mad because of a girl.
f. Quasimodo helps Frollo to kidnap Esmeralda.
g. Two thieves want to rob Gringoire but he runs away.

Answer the questions:

(up to “Quasimodo taken away from court”)
1. What test should Gringoire pass?
2. What rule does Esmeralda know to help Gringoire? What do they do?
3. What is Frollo doing in his room?
4. Why does the Lord Archbishop come to Frollo’s room?
5. Where is Quasimodo? What is he accused of? What’s happening at the court?

True or false:
(up to “Esmeralda taken from court”)
1. Quasimodo is whipped.
2. Esmeralda gives him wine, because he wants it.
3. Esmeralda entertains people with her dance.
4. Phoebus wants to meet Esmeralda in the evening.
5. Frollo says he will help Gringoire with Esmeralda.
6. At the meeting, Gringoire kills Phoebus.
7. At the court they say Esmeralda is a witch and sentence her to torture.

Multiple choice:
(up to “Monsieur says IF I CANNOT HAVE YOU NO OTHER MAN SHALL”)
1. The court decides to hang / burn Esmeralda.
2. Frollo / Gringoire comes to Esmeralda before her death to save her.
3. Esmeralda thinks Phoebus / her donkey isn’t dead.
4. Phoebus / Quasimodo takes Esmeralda from the bonfire and takes her to the cathedral / the Court of Miracles.
5. Quasimodo says he is blind / deaf.
6. Esmeralda says people shouldn’t judge Quasimodo by his appearance because his body / soul is beautiful.
7. Frollo / Gringoire finds Esmeralda in the cathedral and wants to kill her because she refuses him.

Find mistakes in the summary:

(up to END)
Monks help Quasimodo with food for Esmeralda. Esmeralda feels happy to be in the cathedral. Quasimodo wants to
entertain Esmeralda with the cathedral bells. People want to attack the cathedral and Quasimodo throws pieces of wood at
them. Esmeralda hears the noise thinking it’s a parade and wants to join the happy people, so she goes out of her room.
Frollo tells Esmeralda that people came to take her because she refused to take penance. Quasimodo kills Monsieur Frollo
with a knife. Gringoire suddenly appears in the crowd and says Esmeralda is not guilty. He says her only crime is that she
is beautiful. Esmeralda tells Quasimodo he is the most beautiful creature in the world.

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