Second Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor

Sinbad lives in __________, a cultural and commercial capital which he refers to as the City of Peace.

• Baghdad

• Delhi

• Sri Lanka

This story is part of a famous collection called __________.

• The Thousand and One Nights

• The Ramayana

• The Mahabharata

Sindbad tells his story to a porter who questions __________.

• Sindbad's devotion to Allah

• Sindbad's wealth

• Sindbad's strength

Sindbad is abandoned on a lush, uninhabited island when he __________.

• prays

• searches for food and shelter

• falls asleep

What Sindbad initially believes to be a white dome that might provide shelter turns out to be __________.

• an illusion

• a large egg

• a large pearl

"Broken with terror and despair, I threw myself upon the sand, wailing: 'Now your end has come, Sindbad! The jar that drops a second time is sure to break!'" is an example of __________.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

"I lifted up my eyes and was confounded to see a gigantic bird with enormous wings which, as it flew through the air, screened the sun and hid it from the island" (585).

A synonym for 'confounded" is __________.

• perplexed

• jubilant

• encouraged

Sindbad escapes the first island by using his turban to __________.

• strangle the Roc and make a sail for a small raft

• get the attention of a passing ship

• tie himself to one of the Roc's talons

"No sooner do I escape from one peril than I find myself in another more grievous" (585). An antonym for "grievous" is __________.

• distressing

• comforting

• harrowing

Sindbad finds the valley to have an abundance of both __________.

• sheep and shepherds

• birds and food

• snakes and jewels