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Q & A ON DANIEL DEFOE’S ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 1

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"THUS FEAR OF DANGER IS TEN THOUSAND TIMES
 MORE TERRIFYING THAN DANGER ITSELF".
                                                        -DANIEL DEFOE

1)    Robinson Crusoe was originally published in the year of ----------------.
Ans: 1719.


2)    This novel was possibly believed to be written by -------------------.
Ans: Daniel Defoe.


3)    What is the original title of the novel Robinson Crusoe?

Ans: The Life and Strange Suprizing Adventure of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: who lived eight and twenty years, all alone in an un-inhabited island on the coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of  Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With an Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by Himself.


4)    Who is the central character of the novel?
Ans: Robinson Crusoe.


5)    Who was the inspiration of the character Robinson in the novel?
Ans: Alexander Selkrik.


6)    Who was Alexander Selkrik?
Ans: Scottish Sailor.


7)    How many years did Alexander Slekrik spent in an island?
Ans: Four years and Four months.


8)    Name the uninhabited island that Alexander Slekrik spent during his voyage?
Ans: Mas a Tierra.


9)    Mas a Tierra island later renamed as -----------------.
Ans: Robinson Crusoe Island .


10) When did Mas a Tierra island renamed as Robinson Crusoe island?
Ans: 1966.


11)  What is the main aim of Robinson in this novel?
Ans: To make more money through adventure(voyage).


12)  This novel came under the genre of ----------------.
Ans: Adventure and historical fiction.


13)   Where did Crusoe first prepared to sail in the novel?
Ans: London.


14)  Did he got success from his voyage to London at first?
Ans: No.


15)  What happened during his voyage to London?
Ans: His ship was wrecked by tempest.


16)  Which place did Crusoe reached after his ship was wrecked by tempest?
Ans:  The place named Winterton and after that he walked to Yarmouth.


17)  Did he earn any money by his voyage to London?
Ans: No, he returned with empty-handed.


18)  Who was accompanied with Crusoe during his first voyage?
Ans: English Sea Captain.


19) Where did Crusoe went to his first Voyage?
Ans: Guinea.


20)  How many pounds did Crusoe carried from home during his first voyage?
Ans: Forty pounds.


21) Crusoe invested his money of forty pounds for -----------------.
Ans: He invested forty pounds of his money in toys and trifles for trading.


22)  Crusoe was able to trade trifles for ------------------ pounds.
Ans: Five pounds.


24) How many pounds did Crusoe earned by his first voyage?
Ans: Three hundred pounds.


25) What did Crusoe trade to yield three hundred pounds?
Ans: trifles and nine ounces of gold dust.   
 
 
 
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