NOSTRADAMUS

TOPIC: STRANGE BUT TRUE???
LEVEL: Intermediate 1




Open a new file in Word.
Name your file: Nostradamus

Would you like to learn what's going to happen to us in the future?
Some people claim that it is possible.

To check whether you are one of them go to: http://www.crystalinks.com/nostradamusbio.html

Answer the following questions according to the site. Type all your answers in your WORD-document. Send your answers to your e-mail.

Questions:

1. Who was Nostradamus, according to the information given in the first paragpaph?

2. What events did he predict? 

3. Who taught Nostradamus when he was a child? 

4. Why did his family convert from Judaism? 

5. Find three facts that show that Nostradamus was very clever. 

6. What almost ruined his career as a doctor? 

7. What was he accused of? 

8. Why did his wife's family sue him? 

9. What did he do in order to escape trial? 

10. Where did he settle down for the rest of his life? 

11. Who was his second wife? 

12. When did he begin writing his famous book "Centuries"? 

13. Where and when did he work on his book? 

14. Why was the book called "Centuries"? 

15. What languages is this book written in? 

16. When was the first incomplete version of his book published? 

17. When did Catherine de' Medici send for Nostradamus? 

18. How did the king, Henri II react to Nostradamus' predictions? 

19. What prediction did Catherine de' Medici ask Nostradamus about on their second meeting? 

20. What answer did she get? 

21. Was Nostradamus' prediction accurate this time? Prove your answer.

 22. Why did Nostradamus return to Salon? 

23. What two diseases did he suffer from? 

24. When was the completed book of "Centuries" first published? 

25. What do we know about Nostradamus' prediction of King Henry II's death? 

26. When and how did Nostradamus get the title of Physician in Ordinary?

 27. What prediction did Nostradamus make about his death? 

28. How was he buried? 

29. What do rumors say about Nostradamus' tomb?

Go to the following site:
http://boisdarc.tamu-commerce.edu/www/w/willmc/nostra.htm

30. How many predictions did Nostradamus make? 

31. How many of them have already come true? 

32. What made Nostradamus famous as a physician? 

33. What period of his life is referred to as "three years of happiness"? 

34. Why did Nostradamus throw himself on his knees when he saw a simple monk whose name was Felice Peretti? 

35. What funny story proves that Nostradamus could predict future? 

36. What did he write about the "first tyrannical leader"? 

37. Why do people believe that he wrote it about Napoleon? Give five reasons. 

38. What did Nostradamus write about the second leader? 

39. What makes us believe that it was Hitler? 

40. What did you learn about the third leader? 

41. How did Nostradamus describe the Third World War? 

42. What country is described as "the New Land"? 

43. What city is referred to as "the great new city at 45 degrees"? 

44. Do we have to believe Nostradamus' predictions, according to the opinion of the author of the site? Explain your answer.

Extra

Write a paragraph about 150 or (300) words. Write what you think about Nostradamus' predictions; whether you believe or not that Nostradamus could really predict the future. Describe your feelings and thoughts after you read his last prediction about the Third World War and the end of the world.

Enjoy your work!

(This worksheet was prepared by the tenth grade student Gal Tal.)