Tuesday 3 June 2014

DBH 2, Tales of the Arabian Nights


A Complete the text to explain how the Tales of Arabian Nights was first told.
King Shahriyar was very angry with his 1.………………. and decided all women must suffer. Every evening, he 2.………………. a new woman, and 3.………………. her the next morning. One day, he married a beautiful girl called 4.……………… . She was very frightened because
she didn’t want to die. Then she had an idea. The first evening she began to tell the King a 5.……………… , but she stopped in the middle. The King wanted to know the 6.………………. of the story, so he didn’t kill her. Each day, Sheherazade began a 7.………………. story, and every day the King waited to hear the end. Finally the king and Sheherazade knew they 8.………………. each other. They had three 9.………………. and lived together 10.………………. .
 10 points (1 point each) 
B  The Dream
     1.    Complete the chart about Mansur and the chief policeman.

Mansur
The chief policeman
1. Where is his home?


2. Where does his dream tell him to go?


3. Does he believe in dreams?



 12 points (2 points each) 
     2.    Do you think Mansur will give some of his gold to the chief policeman? Why or why not?
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 4 points 

C Complete the chart about the story The Donkey.
Quote
Who said it?
Who did he / she say it to?
1. Let’s take that donkey and sell it.


2. I became a donkey.


3. I’m sorry. Please forgive me.


4. That’s a strange story. I don’t understand.


5. I’m not stupid and I won’t buy you again!



 10 points (1 point each) 
D Number the sentences according to the story The Fisherman and the Genie.
......   a.  The fish in the cook’s pan disappeared.
......   b.  The king killed the prince’s wife.
......   c.  The fisherman liberated the genie from the bottle.
......   d.  The king and the prince married the fisherman’s daughters.
......   e.  The fisherman took the coloured fish to the king.
......   f.  The cursed prince told them his story.
......   g.  The fish in the lake became people.
......   h.  The genie took the fisherman to a lake.
......   i.   The fisherman found a bottle.
......   j.   The guards found the fisherman.
 10 points (1 point each) 
E  Choose a character you liked and a character you didn’t like and complete the sentences below.
I like .................................................. because ...........................................................................  .
I don’t like .............................................. because ....................................................................  .
 4 points 

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