READING COMPREHENSION

Reading Comprehension: Valentine’s Day

Answer the following:

1. Name the Emperor who ruled during Valentine’s lifetime.
a. Claudius I
b. Claudius II
c. Nero
d. Augustus

2. The Emperor wanted men to:
a. live at home and work for the empire.
b. raise children and be loyal Roman citizens.
c. go to other countries and raise families.
d. go fight wars in other lands.

3. Valentine disobeyed the Emperor’s orders twice. What TWO things
did he refuse to do?
a. stop performing marriages
b. kneel to the Emperor
c. stop being a Christian
d. read the Bible

Match the words to the correct meaning.

1. ___ wedding                                 a. a tasty treat of sugar and cocoa

2. ___ executed                                b. a place to keep criminals away from
regular citizens

3. ___ martyr                                    c. to take a criminal away to jail or
prison

4. ___ prison                                    d. ruler of the Roman Empire

5. ___ secretly                                  e. the second month of the year

6. ___ chocolate                               f. done in hiding, privately

7. ___ Emperor                                g. a ceremony where two people who love each other join together officially

8. ___ war                                       h. from a word meaning witness

9. ___ arrest                                     i. to be killed for a crime or a belief

10. ___ February                             j. when groups of people, or countries, fight each other