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WorksheetsChalageri Sir's Quiz Series 16 Discovery, Ballad of Tempest
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 13mins
The name of the ship was ..........
Saint Maris
Santa Maria
Saint Mary
Santa Yuria
"There are limits to patience, sir."
Who said this?
Diego
Juan
Pedro
Columbus
"There are limits to patience, sir."
Who is addressed as 'sir' here? / Who was it said to?
Juan
Diego
Pedro
Columbus
"There are limits to patience, sir."
Who lost his patience here?
Diego
Columbus
Pedro
Pepe
"There are limits to patience, sir."
Why had he lost his patience?
Because Columbus forced him to go back to Spain.
Because he wanted to go back to Spain but Columbus had refused to do so.
Because he wanted he was tortured by Columbus.
Because all the sailors underestimated him.
"Why should one man have lives of fifty men in his hands."
Who had the lives of fifty men in his hands?
(a)
"Why should one man have lives of fifty men in his hands."
Who said this?
Diego
Pedro
Columbus
Pepe
"Why should one man have lives of fifty men in his hands."
Who was it asked to?
Pedro
Columbus
Diego
Pepe
"Why should one man have lives of fifty men in his hands."
What made him to say so?
Columbus didn't ready to go back to Spain without success. Diego and all Seamen became impatient.
Columbus was ready to go back to Spain without success. Diego and all Seamen became patient.
Pedro was not ready to hear Diego and Diego became impatient.
None of the above
Give one word.
An expression of anger.
angry
rage
scowl
growl
"Mutiny is a an ugly word, sir?"
Who said this?
Diego
Pedro
Columbus
Pepe
"Mutiny is a an ugly word, sir?"
Who is addressed as 'Sir'? / Who was it asked to?
Pedro
Columbus
Pepe
Diego
"They are simple men and must have their relaxation. We have not all your visions, captain."
Whose words are these? / Who said this?
Pedro
Pepe
Columbus
Guillermo
"They are simple men and must have their relaxation. We have not all your visions, captain."
Who was it said to? / Who is the 'Captain' here?
Pepe
Guillermo
Columbus
Pedro
"They are simple men and must have their relaxation. We have not all your visions, captain."
Who are simple men here?
sailors
people of Spain
Pedro and others
Guillermo and and others
"They are simple men and must have their relaxation. We have not all your visions, captain."
What was the vision of the Captain?
To go back to Spain
to invent a new world and become a king himself
to invent a new world and dedicate to the sovereign of Spain
to invent a new world and live there.
Give one word
A break from work.
rest
reservation
renunciation
relaxation
"A good sailor knows his place"
Who said this?
Columbus
Guillermo
Pedro
Pepe
"A good sailor knows his place"
Who was it said to?
Columbus
Guillermo
Pepe
Diego
Language function in this statement.
"A good sailor knows his place"
order
request
indirect command
refusal
"Discipline knows no buts"
Who is the speaker here?
Columbus
Pedro
Guillermo ires
Pepe
"Discipline knows no buts"
Who is the listener here?
Francisco
Guillermo Ires
Pepe
Pedro
"What! does that child stand between me and death?"
Who is the speaker here?
Francisco
Columbus
Pedro
Pepe
"What! does that child stand between me and death?"
Who is the 'child' refer to?
Pedro
Pepe
Guillermo Ires
Columbus
"What! does that child stand between me and death?"
Who was it said to?
the angry sea men who rushed towards Columbus.
Guillermo
Pedro
Francisco
"I prefer your company to theirs"
Who does 'I' refer to?
Columbus
Pedro
Pepe
Guillermo
"I prefer your company to theirs"
Whose company he prefer?
Pedro
Pepe
Guillermo
Columbus
"Cowards, Cowards! you will have to kill me first"
Who is the speaker here? / Who uttered this?
Guillermo
Pepe
Columbus
angry sailors
"Cowards, Cowards! you will have to kill me first"
Who are called as 'Cowards'?
Guillermo
angry sailors
Columbus
Pepe
Give one word.
High deck at the end of the ship.
mast
poop
stairs
quarter-deck
Give one word.
Suggesting that something is going to happen
Ominous
surge
perception
affection
Fill in the blank with proper verb form.
Discipline (a) (know) no buts.
Fill in the blank with proper verb form.
This (a) (be) the voyage of discovery.
Change into Indirect speech.
Diego says,"Mutiny is an ugly word."
Diego said that Mutiny is an ugly word.
Diego says that Mutiny was an ugly word.
Diego says that Mutiny is an ugly word.
Diego said that Mutiny was an ugly word.
Change into Indirect speech.
Sailor said, "Did you see it?"
Sailor told that he saw that.
Sailor asked that he saw that.
Sailor asked if he saw that.
Sailor asked if he had seen that.
Pepe said to seamen, "You will have to kill me first."
Pepe said to seamen that they would have to kill him first.
Pepe said to seamen that you would have to kill him first.
Pepe said to seamen that they will have to kill him first.
Pepe says to seamen that they would have to kill him first.
Fill in the blank with proper Linker.
The Devil laughs .......... God is dumb.
and
yet
but
as
Fill in the blank with proper Linker.
They are simple men ........... they must have their relaxation.
as
and
but
for
Fill in the blank with proper Linker.
................ Pepe was a boy, he was very brave.
yet
although
and
because
Fill in the blank with proper Linker.
We sail ............... it is God's will.
as
because
and
for
"We were crowded in the cabin
Not a sou would dare to sleep"
Who are the 'WE' here?
poet
Sailors
angry men
poet and others
"We were crowded in the cabin
Not a sou would dare to sleep"
Why were they dare to sleep?
because they was a tiger waiting to kill them.
because there were caught in terrible tempest.
because they caught in the mid sea.
because there was very dark night.
"Not a sou would dare to sleep"
What figures of speech do you find here?
synecdoche
metaphor
personification
alliteration.
"Tis a fearful thing in winter
To be shattered by the blast."
What season does this happen?
Rainy
Summer
Winter
"Tis a fearful thing in winter
To be shattered by the blast."
Who is the speaker here?
the poet
the sailors
the captain
Captain's daughter
"We are lost"
Who shouted this?
the poet
the captain
Captain's daughter
the sailors
"We are lost"
Why did he shout so?
because he was very happy to be caught in the tempest.
because he found no way to save his and his sailors life.
because there was darkness all around.
" Isn't God upon the ocean
Just the same as on the land?"
Who asked this?
the sailors
Captain's daughter
the poet
the captain
" Isn't God upon the ocean
Just the same as on the land?"
Who were these words asked to?
the sailors
Captain's daughter
the poet
the captain
Give one word.
A violent storm.
(a)
Give one word.
A private room on a ship or boat.
(a)
Give one word.
To make a rapid succession of short sharp noises.
sound
rattle
cattle
kettle
Give one word.
A metal device attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place.
mast
deck
anchor
rope
What figures of speech do you find here?
'Hungry sea was roaring'
synecdoche
metaphor
personification
alliteration.
What figures of speech do you find here?
Rattling trumpet thunder cut away the mast.
metaphor
synecdoche
alliteration.
personification
