WorksheetsSecond Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
"My hair stood on end and I was transfixed with terror" (586). "My hair stood on end" is an example of __________ used to express how frightened Sindbad by the sight of the serpent in the cave.
simile
idiomatic expression
verbal irony
Details from this selection, such as Sindbad's repeated trust in Allah, reveal that the audience for whom it was written believed in __________.
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
"At day break I rolled back the stone and staggered out of the cave, reeling like a drunken man" (586). The simile "reeling like a drunken man" is used to convey __________.
the belief that those who are devout will never tire
a warning against the dangers of alcoholism
the physical, mental, and emotional toll of Sindbad's experience in the cave
Sindbad escapes from the valley below the Diamond Mountains by securing himself to a __________.
coiled serpent
skinned sheep
large gemstone
On a second island, after the Diamond Mountains experience, Sindbad encounters the karkadan, a rhinoceros with a horn bearing the image of __________.
a man
a woman
a serpent
At the end, Sinbad return home and gives valuable gifts to friends, family members, and _________.
the religious leaders
the political leaders
the poor
"I soon forgot the perils and hardships of my travels and took again to sumptuous living" (588). The word "sumptuous" suggests that Sindbad spent the rest of his riches _________.
improving his business as a merchant and trader
enjoying luxury and entertainment
building mosques
"I soon forgot the perils and hardships of my travels and took again to sumptuous living" (588). The word "sumptuous" suggests that Sindbad spent the rest of his riches _________.
improving his business as a merchant and trader
enjoying luxury and entertainment
building mosques
