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Sinbad's Second Voyage

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Baghdad

b)

Delhi

c)

Sri Lanka

2.

This story is part of a famous collection called __________.

a)

The Thousand and One Nights

b)

The Ramayana

c)

The Mahabharata

3.

Sindbad tells his story to a porter who questions __________.

a)

Sindbad's devotion to Allah

b)

Sindbad's wealth

c)

Sindbad's strength

4.

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

a)

prays

b)

searches for food and shelter

c)

falls asleep

5.

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

a)

an illusion

b)

a large egg

c)

a large pearl

6.

"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 __________.

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

7.

"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 __________.

a)

perplexed

b)

jubilant

c)

encouraged

8.

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

a)

strangle the Roc and make a sail for a small raft

b)

get the attention of a passing ship

c)

tie himself to one of the Roc's talons

9.

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

a)

distressing

b)

comforting

c)

harrowing

10.

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

a)

sheep and shepherds

b)

birds and food

c)

snakes and jewels

11.

Sindbad escapes from the valley below the Diamond Mountains by securing himself to a __________.

a)

coiled serpent

b)

skinned sheep

c)

large gemstone

12.

At the end, Sinbad return home and gives valuable gifts to friends, family members, and _________.

a)

the religious leaders

b)

the political leaders

c)

the poor