duel

Duel is a prearranged combat between two persons, fought according to formal procedure with deadly weapons, typically to settle a point of honor.

The most notorious American duel was the Burr-Hamilton duel, in which notable Federalist Alexander Hamilton was fatally wounded by his political rival, the sitting Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr. Alexander Hamilton was the first U.S Secretary of the Treasury. Another American politician, Andrew Jackson, later to serve as a General Officer in the U.S. Army and to become the seventh U.S. president, fought two duels, though some legends claim he fought many more. On May 30, 1806, he killed prominent duellist Charles Dickinson, suffering himself from a chest wound which caused him a lifetime of pain. Jackson also reportedly engaged in a bloodless duel with a lawyer and in 1803 came very near duelling with John Sevier; In 1813 Jackson engaged in a frontier brawl, which does not count as a duel, with Senator Thomas Hart Benton.

TEXT COMPREHENSION

01- Choose the correct alternative according to the text:

a) Aaron Burr was Vice President of the USA

under Andrew Jackson

b) All people involved in the duels were politicians

c) Jackson fought just one duel during his lifetime

d) John Savier was killed by Andrew Jackson

e) Charles Dickinson passed away in the nineteenth century

02- The seventh president of the USA was ________________________.

a) Andrew Jackson

b) John Sevier

c) Thomas Benton

d) Alexander Hamilton

e) Aaron Burr

03- _________________was a 19^th century famous duelist.

a) Aaron Burr

b) John Sevier

c) Thomas Benton

d) Charles Dickinson

e) Andrew Jackson

04- Check the correct sentence according to the text:

a) Alexander Hamilton killed Aaron Burr

b) Alexander Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury

c) Charles Dickinson was killed by Aaron Burr

d) Andrew Jackson was President of the USA when he killed Dickinson in a duel

e) Andrew Jackson engaged in a duel with Thomas Hart Benton

05- In the first paragraph...

a) ...there are two adverbs

b) ...there are three adverbs

c) ...there is one adverb

d) ...there are four adverbs

e) ...there are five adverbs