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Sindbad and the Apes Questions & Answers
Question 1: Fill in the blanks:
1. Sindbad wanted to own a vessel so that he would earn more from his voyages.
2. Sindabad departed with his merchandise for the city of Basra, where he purchased a splendid vessel. He also found a captain and a crew.
3. Sindbad’s vessel landed at an island, where some merchants found the great egg of a roc.
4. Mistaking the egg for a deserted structure, and failing to find an entrance, the merchants amused themselves by throwing stones at it.
5. Sindbad scolded the merchants, as he knew that the mother roc would take revenge for the loss of her young. The roc and her mate did so by hurling huge rocks at the ship.
6. After the attack of the rocs, Sindbad found himself on the shore of an island sitting on a plank. Days later, he was rescued by a ship, whose passengers gave him food and clothes.
7. On the way the ship stopped at an island on which was a city with tall spires and splendid houses. This was the city of apes.
Question 2: ‘How else can I come at the meaning of the great book of the world than by trading its pages?’ What did Sindbad mean by this statement?
a. He likened the world to a book and said that the only way to understand the world was by travelling through it.
b. He felt that the only way to understand the world was by reading the books.
Answer: He likened the world to a book and said that the only way to understand the world was by travelling through it.
Question 3: Where did Sindbad’s vessel land? What did the merchants on his vessel do?
Answer: Sindbad’s vessel came to a large uninhabited island. The merchants on his vessel saw the huge egg of a roc, a legendary bird of prey. Mistaking it for a deserted structure and failing to find an entrance, they amused themselves by throwing stones at it. Eventually, they broke the huge egg shell, and a young roc came out of it. They killed it and brought large slabs of its flesh to the ship.
Question 4: Why was Sindbad terrified when he heard about the killing of the young roc?
Answer: When Sindbad heard about the killing of the young roc, he was terrified because he was sure the mother roc would take revenge for the Joss of her young one. The mother roc would attack and destroy them and their ship.
Question 5: How did the pairs of rocs take revenge against the people in the ship?
Answer: As soon as the female roc saw that her egg had been destroyed and her young one had been killed, it flew up to the ship shrieking in a loud voice. She was joined by her mate and they began circling around the ship. Sindbad and the merchants tried to sail away from the island as quickly as possible. The rocs flew inland and returned carrying a huge rock each in their talons. The first rock dropped by one of the birds missed the ship but raised very high waves that tossed the vessel. The next rock fell on the ship with a mighty crash. The ship sank along with Sindbad.
Sindbad and the Apes Questions & Answers
Question 6: How did Sindbad survive the attack of the rocks? Where did he end up?
Answer: Sindbad couldn’t recall exactly how he managed to survive the attack of the rocs. He was stunned by the sudden shipwreck and later found himself on the shore of another island sitting on a plank. He thought he must have clung to the plank that had brought him to the safety of this new island. He was exhausted from having fought against wind and wave and dragged himself to a sheltered place and slept.
Question 7: Describe the City of Apes. How was Sindbad stranded here?
Answer: Sindbad was rescued from an island by a ship sailing for Basra. On the way, the ship stopped at an island on which stood a city with lofty spires and splendid houses. This was the City of Apes.
At night, deadly apes used to roam the city and attack people. The people of the city used to go to the sea in boats to sleep in safety.
Question 8: How did Sindbad leave the City of Apes?
Answer: Sindbad was stranded in the City of Apes. The apes would raid the city at night and sleep in lofty trees in the valley during the day. Sindbad observed many people gathering pebbles and throwing them at the apes. The apes would wake up screaming, pluck coconuts from the trees and throw them at the people. People would gather the coconuts and sell them in the market. Sindbad joined them and became prosperous by selling coconuts, earning money and buying the merchandise of the place. Finally, a large vessel anchored off the island. Sindbad left the City of Apes in that vessel.
Question 9: Why did Sindbad yearn for another voyage? Give two reasons.
Answer: Sindbad yearned for another voyage because he believed that a man could understand the world only by travelling all across it. Also, he was a sea-trader. So, he wanted to own a ship so that he would make huge profits from each of his voyages.
Question 10: Why did the inhabitants of City of Apes ‘sleep upon the sea at night, and dwell in the city by day’?
Answer: The inhabitants of the City of Apes slept in ships and boats during the night because the island was full of huge, deadly apes who would wander all over the city at night. If they came across people, they would kill and devour them at once. However, during the day the apes would leave the city and dwell on trees. So, the people went to the city in the daytime.
Question 11: ‘I earned my bread on that island in a strange manner’. How did Sindbad make his living on the island?
Answer: Sindbad observed a strange practice being followed by businessmen in the City of Apes during the daytime, which he himself adopted. They used to gather pebbles and throw them at the apes on coconut trees. The tormented apes would then pluck coconuts and throw them at the people. When the people had collected a large number of coconuts, they would sell them in the market. Sindbad too became a prosperous businessman in this way. With the money he earned by selling coconuts, he bought and stored a lot of local merchandise.
So, these were Sindbad and the Apes Questions & Answers.