{"id":478,"date":"2020-08-07T16:31:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/?p=478"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:49:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T04:19:54","slug":"478","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texpertssolutions.com\/notes\/2020\/08\/07\/478\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracts of Discovery Prose SSLC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. \u201cA good sailor knows his place\u201d says Columbus to Diego<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Was Columbus giving to Diego a piece of advice or was it an indirect command?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ans.: It is an indirect command.<\/p>\n

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    1. What was \u2018Diego\u2019s reaction?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Ans.: Diego tried to suppress his anger and with a scowl goes off from there.<\/p>\n

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      1. Why did Columbus say so? Ans: Because his claim was that only the captain of the ship has the<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        right to appear on the quarter deck.<\/p>\n

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        1. \u201cThe Santa Maria will be lighter for his carcass\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n
        2. Whose words was Pepe quoting here?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Ans: Pepe was quoting the words of Guillermo Ires.<\/p>\n

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          1. What do the words reveal about the person who said them?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Ans: These words show that the speaker was so upset with Columbus that he wished he was dead.<\/p>\n

            C .What does the word carcass mean here?<\/p>\n

            Ans: Dead body.<\/p>\n

            3.\u201cOnce clear of the Devil\u2019s track to nowhere\u201d, we\u2019ll below our way back home\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            1. What does \u2018Devil\u2019s track to nowhere\u2019 suggest about the thinking of the seamen?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Ans.: He was risking their lives and taking them on a voyage which would take them nowhere.<\/p>\n

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              1. How did they prove to be wrong?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Ans.: Very soon, land was sighted and a New World was discovered. So they proved to be wrong.<\/p>\n

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                1. Why did they say so? Ans : Because the sea men thought Columbus was trying take the<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  lives of fifty men and they were fed up with arrogancy of Columbus.<\/p>\n

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                  4.\u201cYour duty is to obey me as mine is to obey the Royal Sovereigns of Spain who sent me\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                  1. When did Columbus say these words to Guillermo?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Ans.: Guillermo rebelled against Columbus and demanded that they should give up their search for a new land.<\/p>\n

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                    1. What do these words prove?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Ans.: These words prove that Columbus was not only a strong leader but was also loyal and obedient towards his king and queen.<\/p>\n

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                      1. Why did Columbus say so?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Ans: To calm the rebbled of Guillermo and the sea men.<\/p>\n

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                        1. \u201cWhy should one man have lives of fifty in his hands?\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n
                        2. Who is the speaker? Ans.: Diego said these words to Pedro<\/li>\n
                        3. What does the speaker mean?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          Ans: Diego said these words meaning that Columbus had no right to spoil their lives.<\/p>\n

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                          1. What made him to say so? Ans: Diego and other Seamen were becoming impatient and they<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            wanted to<\/p>\n

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                            1. \u201cMutiny is an ugly word, Sir\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n
                            2. Who is the speaker of the statement?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                              Ans: Diego said these words Ans: The word is ugly because Mutiny\u2019 is a deed which leads to destruction.<\/p>\n

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                              1. Why did he say so?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                Ans: Because Pedro thought that Deigo and the Sea Men were entertaining the Mutinous thoughts .<\/p>\n

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                                1. \u201cDiscipline knows no buts\u201d says Columbus<\/strong><\/li>\n
                                2. When did Columbus say this? Ans.: when He asked Francisco to bring Guillermo Ires to him for<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                  speaking against him. Francisco hesitated to obey his order.<\/p>\n

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                                  1. What did Columbus mean to say by these words?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                    Ans: Columbus meant that one should not hesitate to enforce discipline.<\/p>\n

                                    C . To what does the word discipline here refer to?<\/p>\n

                                    Ans : It refers to the rules and regulations that the sea men and others to follow on the ships.<\/p>\n

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                                    1. Pepe said, \u201cCaptain, be careful sometimes they are desperate\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n
                                    2. Why did Pepe say these words?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                      Ans: Pepe tried to warn Columbus that these could be danger from them anytime<\/p>\n

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                                      1. Why were they desperate? Ans.: they lost their patience as they left their family since many days<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                        back they wanted to go back to Spain<\/p>\n

                                        c . Whom does the word they refer to?<\/p>\n

                                        Ans: to the sea men.<\/p>\n

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                                        1. \u201cWhat! does that child stand between me and death?\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n
                                        2. Who is the speaker? Ans: Columbus said this<\/li>\n
                                        3. When did speakeray this? Ans: When Columbus hears Pepe saying that he had to be killed first.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                          c.What had the child done? Ans: The child (Pepe) stood in front of Columbus to protect him from<\/p>\n

                                          being attacked by the seamen.<\/p>\n

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                                          1. Why did speaker say so? Ans: Because when the sea men rushed towards Columbus to kill him<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                            Pepe runs to the foot of the stairs and stands with arms spread out.<\/p>\n

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                                            1. \u201cThey ought to stop that. The captain is always furious when he hears it.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n
                                            2. Who should stop that? Ans: The sailors should stop that.<\/li>\n
                                            3. What does \u2018it\u2019 refer to? Why is the captain furious to hear that? Ans: \u2018it\u2019 refers to the seamen\u2019s<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                              song. The captain Columbus is furious to hear that because he did not like the attitude of sailors.<\/p>\n

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                                              1. What made him to say so? Ans: Juan thought that the song of the sea was having the smell of<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                mutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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