AS - WB - CB - VIII - Eng - The Inchcape Rock

PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Workbook (Answer scheme)

Name: Std: VIII Date:
Subject: English Topic: The Inchcape Rock
1. Tick the correct option.

a) What did Abbot do to save ships from being wrecked on the Inchcape Rock?
i. He installed a lighthouse.
ii. He fixed a bell which rang a warning.
iii. He installed a light on the rock.
iv. He put up a warning signage.
b) Who was Sir Ralph the Rover?
i. a pirate
ii. a poet
iii. a policeman
iv. a priest
c) Why did Sir Ralph cut the bell from the Inchcape Rock?
i. He decided to fix a louder bell.
ii. He did think the bell was useful.
iii. He did not want anybody to bless the Abbot.
iv. He wanted everyone to praise him.
d) What is the ‘dreadful sound’ the Rover heard while meeting his end?
i. the Abbot’s prayers
ii. the bell for a funeral
iii. the mariner’s cries
iv. the Inchcape bell
e) Which proverb best suits the poem?
i. Actions speak louder than words.
ii. As you sow, so shall you reap.
iii. God helps those who help themselves.
iv. Time and tide wait for no man.
2. Look at the words given below. Write the words under the name of the characters
that they describe.
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The Abbot of Aberbrothok Sir Ralph
blessed wicked
friendly feared
concerned dishonest
3. Match these famous rocks to the places they are found.

Famous Rocks Location
a) Old Harry Rocks i) Te Tai-o-Aorere, New Zealand

b) Rock of Gibraltar ii) Northern Territory, Australia
c) Vaan Irai Kal iii) Dorset, England
d) Uluru iv) Gibraltar, Mediterranean Sea
e) Tokangawhā v) Mahabalipuram, India
Answers
a) ________ b) ________ c) ________ d) ________ e) ________
a) iii b) iv c) v d) ii e) i
4. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
He felt the cheering power of spring;
It made him whistle, it made him sing:
His heart was mirthful to excess,
But the Rover’s mirth was wickedness.
a) Who was the Rover?
Sir Ralph the Rover was a notorious sea pirate who had gone on an adventure
to scour the seas and plunder ships for treasures.
b) What did the Rover see? What did he ask his sailors to do?
The Rover saw the bell on the Inchcape Rock.

He asked his sailors to lower the boat and row him to the Inchcape Rock, and
then he bent over the boat and cut off the bell.
c) Why did the Rover perform this particular action?
The Rover cut the bell because he could not accept the Abbot’s popularity and
he wanted to tarnish his reputation. Also, once the warning bell no longer rang,
he could loot and rob the ships that crashed against the rock and become rich.
d) How does the poet express 'the cheering power of spring'?
The poet expresses the cheering power of spring in terms of bright sun,
screaming birds and joy in their sounds merriment was in the air.
e) Find a word from the extract which is the opposite of ‘miserable’.
mirthful
5. Answer the following questions in 40–50 words each.

a) How does the ‘cheering power of spring’ affect Ralph, the Rover?
The cheering power of spring made Ralph, the Rover whistle and sing. He was
extremely happy and laughed; but the source of his joy was wickedness.
b) Describe the weather conditions when Ralph, the Rover and his crew were sailing
towards the shores of Scotland.
A thick haze had spread over the sea when Ralph, the Rover and his crew were
sailing towards the shores of Scotland. The haze was so thick that they couldn’t
see the sun in the sky. All day long they experienced stormy winds, but in the
evening the winds had died away.
c) What did the sailors wish for when the weather turned bad and why?
The sailors wished that they could hear the Inchcape Bell when the weather
turned bad, because they couldn’t hear the crashing of waves on the shore or
tell where they were.
d) What was placed on the Inchcape Rock and by whom?
The Abbot of Aberbrothok had placed the bell on a buoy, on the Inchcape Rock.
He had done so to warn the mariners of the perilous rock when there was a
storm at sea. The bell floated on a buoy and in the storm its warning rung over
the waves.
6. How is the saying, ‘the evil that one plots for others, recoils on oneself’, visible at
the end of the poem?
Sir Ralph could not fathom the Abbot’s popularity and was jealous of him. Hence,
he with his cruel attitude cut off the bell that warned the sailors of the Inchcape
rock so that he could plunder the sinking ships. However, the same rock became
the cause of his death as his ship too sank by hitting the rock as there was no bell

to warn him. He plotted against others and in turn paved way for his own
destruction.
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PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Workbook (Answer scheme)

1. Tick the correct option.

CB/VIII/24-25 The Inchcape Rock Page 1 of 4

3. Match these famous rocks to the places they are found.

a) Old Harry Rocks i) Te Tai-o-Aorere, New Zealand

CB/VIII/24-25 The Inchcape Rock Page 2 of 4

5. Answer the following questions in 40–50 words each.

CB/VIII/24-25 The Inchcape Rock Page 3 of 4

Teacher’s Signature and Date: _______________________

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