The Real Beauty And The Beast

The Real Beauty And The Beast

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History

11th Grade - University

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The video explores the real-life story of Petrus Gonsalves and Catherine, who inspired the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. Unlike the Disney version, their lives were marked by exploitation and tragedy. Petrus, suffering from hypertrichosis, was treated as a curiosity in European courts. Catherine de Medici arranged his marriage to Catherine, a court servant's daughter, as a cruel joke. Despite their arranged marriage, they had seven children, four of whom inherited Petrus's condition. The family was paraded around Europe as a spectacle, highlighting the stark contrast between their reality and the fairy tale's happy ending.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main difference between the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast and the real-life story of Catherine and Petrus Gonsalves?

The real-life story was tragic and lacked a fairy tale ending.

The real-life story was set in modern times.

The real-life story had a happy ending.

The real-life story involved a curse.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What condition did Petrus Gonsalves suffer from?

Dwarfism

Albinism

Hypertrichosis

Vitiligo

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Petrus Gonsalves surprise the French court?

By refusing to learn French

By becoming fluent in Latin and learning noble etiquette

By running away from the court

By refusing to eat cooked food

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who arranged the marriage between Petrus and Catherine?

Queen Catherine de Medici

Duke Ranuccio Farnese

Queen Elizabeth I

King Henry II

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many of Catherine and Petrus's children were born with their father's condition?

Five

Three

Two

Four

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the fate of the Gonsalves children who were born with hypertrichosis?

They were sent to school in France.

They lived a normal life in Italy.

They were given as gifts to noble friends.

They became famous artists.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where did the Gonsalves family eventually settle?

Paris, France

London, England

Madrid, Spain

Parma, Italy

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