Activity of text interpretation, aimed at 9th grade students, aims to improve various reading skills through the analysis of different linguistic resources. The text in question, entitled highly confidential, tells us about the presence of secret messages in the Middle Ages.
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Who observes the work of a hacker today you can have the impression that the art of inventing and breaking secret codes is something extremely modern… This is a mistake! The game of cipher messages has challenged the imagination at least since the Middle Ages.
At that time, the exchange of messages was a delicate matter, as shown by Bishop Gregory of Tours, who in the sixth century wrote a history of the kingdom of the Franks. According to him, at the dawn of the Middle Ages, two messengers of a certain Godovaldo, who claimed the throne, were arrested and tortured by the men of King Guntram while trying to convey a secret message.
The case shows that in this period writing was a very vulnerable form of communication. A letter could easily end up in enemy hands, so the emissaries didn't just take it with them. handwritten official documents, but they also memorized messages that they transmitted orally to recipients. The few records left by medieval diplomacy did not make the work of the historians, and so it is necessary to be careful when talking about the coding techniques used in Medieval Europe.
In the 16th century, the German abbot Johannes Trithemius, author of one of the first great works of cryptography in the West, he claimed that Frankish kings like Pharaoh and Charlemagne already used secret alphabets in their correspondences. As fascinating as these codes are, however, they seem to have come out of Trithemius' own imagination. Charlemagne could barely read and write, and it is unlikely that he invented new alphabets
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Question 1 - Register an opinion on a fact in:
a) "Ledo mistake!"
b) “[…] writing was a very vulnerable form of communication.”
c) “[…] The few records left by medieval diplomacy did not make it any easier […]”
d) “Charles the Great could barely read and write, and it is unlikely that he invented it […]”
Question 2 - “At that time, the exchange of messages was a delicate matter […]”. What time does the text refer to?
Question 3 - In the Middle Ages, "writing was a very vulnerable form of communication." Check the alternative that justifies this fact:
a) "A letter could easily end up in enemy hands [...]"
b) “[…] the emissaries not only took official handwritten documents with them […]”
c) “[…] they memorized messages that they transmitted orally to the recipients.”
d) “The few records left by medieval diplomacy did not make it any easier […]”
Question 4 – In “According to him, at the dawn of the Middle Ages […]”, the pronoun “he” replaces, considering the context:
a) Bishop Gregory of Tours.
b) a certain Godovaldo.
c) King Guntram.
d) the German abbot Johannes Trithemius.
Question 5 - In the segment “The game of encrypted messages already challenged the imagination at least since the Middle Ages.”, the underlined verb points to a fact:
a) fully completed.
b) what might happen.
c) in past performance.
d) what is happening.
Question 6 – The word “hacker” appears in italics in the text because:
a) was not used in the literal sense.
b) is of foreign origin.
c) is little known.
d) was misspelled.
Question 7 – In the excerpt “[…] but also they memorized messages that they transmitted orally to recipients.”, the highlighted expression indicates the idea of:
a) opposition
b) addition
c) cause
d) comparison
Question 8 – "As fascinating as these codes are, however, they seem to have come out of Trithemius' own imagination." Indicate words that could replace “however”:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
At answers are in the link above the header.
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