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Daniel Defoe
4 What happened while sailing to Part Two
Barbados?

Robinson Crusoe 5 Why did the boat turn over?

6 What carried Robinson towards
the shore?
7 Where did Robinson lie down?
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1C 2E 3B 4D 5H 6K 7I 8G
9 F 10 A 11 J 12 L
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Open answers.
KEY TO THE ACTIVITIES AND EXIT TEST Open answers.
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A 2 B extra C 6 D 4 E 0 F 7 G 5
1 horrible 2 unlucky 3 poor H1 I3
Daniel Defoe and his World 5 Robinson signed up for a voyage 4 remember 5 wise 6 elderly
to Africa. 7 unenthusiastic 8 failure 9 empty Page 49 – activity 2
Page 10 – activity 1 6 Yes, it was. 10 slavery 11 cruelty 1 Because he had just escaped death
1C 2A 3C 4D 5B 6B 7A 8B 7 The ship was attacked by the by drowning.
9 B 10 C Page 31 – activity 7
Turks. 2 Because he realised that he was
8 He was taken to the port of Sallee. 1 foolish 2 cruelty 3 wealthy / poor alone without food, clothing or
Part One 9 He was made a slave. 4 boring shelter.
Page 12 – activity 1 10 While fishing, Robinson pushed Page 31 – activity 8 3 If they had not left the ship.
Ismael into the water and sailed 4 He swam to the ship.
Open answers. 1 His 2 when 3 During 4 one 5 by
with Xury to the African coast. 5 That he was on an island.
6 how 7 another 8 time 9 After
Page 12 – activity 2 6 He built a raft.
Page 29 – activity 3 10 them 11 In 12 became 13 later
1 York 7 Food, clothes, tools, guns, bullets,
1 All Saints’ Bay, Brazil 14 there 15 to
2 Spaniards prayer books and a Bible.
2 a sugar planter 8 He started taking pieces of the
3 law The Slave Trade
3 because he needed help ship itself.
4 would be easy and pleasant
4 to ask a friend to send him some Page 35 – activity 1
5 desperate or very fortunate Page 50 – activity 3
money
6 money 1 England, France and Portugal.
5 in the form of English goods 1A 2D 3B 4C 5A 6D 7B 8D
7 middle state 2 Sugar cane was brought from the
6 he bought himself a negro slave 9 C 10 A 11 C 12 D
8 become a soldier West Indies to New England, rum
7 four years
9 he spoke about his son/ was then traded on the West Page 51 – activity 4
8 there were very few and they cost
Robinson’s brother Coast of Africa for black slaves
a lot of money 1 but there were no wild beasts on
10 a few days who were sold to plantation
9 to go with them to Africa to buy the island
11 to persuade his father to owners in the West Indies.
slaves 2 he had no clothes
3 Slavery in the southern states was
Page 27 – activity 1 3 but he has been able to supply
Page 29 – activity 4 one of the reasons which led to
1B 2A 3C 4B 5D himself with many things
1 When did the ship leave? the American Civil War of 1861.
4 he felt singled out to lead this
Page 28 – activity 2 2 When did a hurricane hit their Slavery was abolished at the end
solitary life
ship? of the war.
1 He was born in York. 5 but he was not starving
2 From Hull. 3 What was the weather like after Page 35 – activity 2 6 he was stranded on an island
3 The ship sank because of a storm. 12 days?
Open answers.
4 Robinson went to London.

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Page 51 – activity 5 Part Three Page 70 – activity 5 have been eaten alive.
1 to look for 1 I felt like the lord of the island. 5 C – If Robinson had not drunk
Page 58 – activity 1 rum with his friend, he would have
2 had not left 2 To protect myself from the sun.
3 would leave it 1C 2A 3A 4B 5C 3 In order to escape. remembered his promise to God.
4 (that) somebody would rescue 4 I filled my time with work and the 6 H – If Robinson had kept his trust
Page 58 – activity 2
5 wanted me to spend praise of God. in God, he would not have been
1 a footprint afraid when he saw the human
6 don’t have anything to 5 I found a man’s footprint.
2 Open answer. footprints.
7 because I had worked hard 6 I was terrified.
8 gun for hunting or defending Page 68 – activity 1 7 I went home and hid. 7 A – If Robinson had been satisfied
9 refused to go with his life in Brazil, he would not
1 To store gunpowder. Page 71 – activity 6A have decided to go to Africa a
10 does God choose to ruin 2 There were seeds in the bag, and
1 If Robinson had been satisfied second time.
Page 52 – activities 6-8 when Robinson shook out the bag, 8 G – If Robinson had returned to
with the middle state he would
the seeds fell on the ground and Brazil with slaves he would have
Open answers. have listened to his father’s
began to grow. made a lot of money.
advice.
Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721) 3 Because the barley reminded him
2 If he had listened to his father’s
of home. Also, at first he thought Mercantilism:
advice, he would not have gone to
Page 57 – activity 1 it was a miracle, or in other words,
sea with a friend. Trade, Wealth and Colonies
1 He wrote a bestselling book about that God was looking after him.
3 If he had not gone to sea with a
Selkirk, the original Robinson 4 The chance of the barley surviving Page 77 – activity 1
friend he would not been aboard
Crusoe. and growing there was quite small.
the ship during a terrible storm. 1 W – He said that trade
2 He had lived for four years alone 5 He had grown a fence of trees.
4 If he had not been aboard a ship generated wealth.
on a small island off the coast of 6 An earthquake.
during a terrible storm he would 2 R
Chile. 7 On the other side of the island.
not have thought God was 3 R
3 To avoid going before the court of 8 He had a fever.
punishing him. 4 DS
the Scottish church. 9 He was terrified as he was alone
5 If he had not thought that God 5 R
4 He himself told the captain of his and ill.
was punishing him he would not 6 W – He was a frequent visitor to
ship to leave him on the island Page 68 – activity 2 have promised God to return to the coffee houses.
because he thought the ship was his father. 7 W – Almost everybody could
1C 2G 3B 4D 5A 6H 7F 8E
not seaworthy. afford it.
5 It’s off the coast of Chile. Page 69 – activity 3 Page 72 – activity 6B
8 R
6 He was terrified. 1 so 2 afterwards 3 but 4 then 1 I – If Robinson had not found 9 R
7 To eat the rats that chewed on his 5 Although 6 After 7 and 8 because guns on the boat he could not have 10 R
clothing and feet. 9 However 10 As a result 11 because hunted on the island.
8 Because he did not want to forget 2 E – If Robinson had not decided to Page 78 – activity 2
12 also 13 so 14 When
how to speak. go to Africa he would not have Open answer.
9 He was happy living there. Page 70 – activity 4 been captured by the Turks.
1 war 2 beers 3 wed 4 birth 3 B – If Robinson had not fallen ill Part Four
Page 57 – activity 2 he would never have truly repented.
5 time 6 woods 7 pays 8 blessed Page 80 – activity 1
Open answer. 9 near 4 D – If Robinson had encountered
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Page 80 – activity 2 6 false – The savage buried the Desert Islands Survivors in Literature
Open answer. bodies in the sand.
7 false – The savage was about Page 100 – activity 1
Page 92 – activity 1 twenty-six years old.
1G 2A 3L 4D 5I 6C 7E 8J 8 true Author Novel Characters Comments
9 N 10 F Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe An optimistic story;
Page 95 – activity 5 (white) and Friday positive human
Page 93 – activity 2 Open answer. (black), Crusoe’s qualities are
1D 2B 3C 4D 5B 6A 7B 8B servant important. The white
Page 95 – activity 6 man is shown as
Page 94 – activity 3 Possible answer: superior.
1 Robinson dreamt he saw some Robinson did not think it was just to Jules Verne The Mysterious Cyrus Smith (well- Inspired by Robinson
savages on the beach with a attack the savages because they had Island educated, American Crusoe: with a white
prisoner. not done anything to him. I believe engineer) and Nab man and his black
2 The prisoner ran to the thick woods that he was right. First, he felt that (freed, black slave) slave.
in front of Robinson's house. only God can judge a whole nation, R. M. Ballantyne The Coral Island Three boys The three boys are
3 The prisoner asked Robinson to and second Robinson could see that shown as the
help him. he would have to keep killing dominating civilizing
4 Robinson felt happy. ‘savages’ once he began. In the end, forces in their
5 Robinson saw five canoes on the he would be no better than the dealings with
shore. Spaniards who had massacred the different natives.
6 They started cutting him up for Native Americans. It is especially William Golding Lord of the Flies A group of A book for young
their feast. interesting that Robinson realises schoolboys – the people. Not very
7 The other prisoner began to run that different cultures have different survivors of a plane optimistic as it
towards Robinson's house. standards, and that it is not up to crash shows the worst in
8 One of the followers stopped him to decide who is right or wrong. people.
chasing the prisoner because he Even if Robinson reasons with the Michael Tournier Vendredi ou la vie Friday and Robinson Friday becomes
could not swim and so couldn't ideas of an English Protestant of sauvage Robinson’s ‘guide’
cross the river. more than three hundred years ago, helping him with his
9 Robinson hit one of them with his his ideas are still relevant today, relationship with
especially in our cities where we can nature.
gun and shot the other.
encounter people from all over the J. M. Coetzee Foe Susan Barton, Cruso A different outcome
Page 95 – activity 4 and his black slave as Cruso dies and
world with customs different from
1 true our own. Friday. Friday becomes the
2 false – The savage didn’t hurt protagonist of the
Robinson. Page 96 – activity 7 novel.
3 true 1C 2C 3A 4A 5D 6D 7A 8D
4 false – Robinson didn’t 9 A 10 D
understand the savage’s words.
5 false – The savage used
Robinson’s sword.

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1 2
Page 100 – activity 2 Isla Más a Tierra: Page 132 – activity 4
Open answer. 3 4 H 5 I
Robinson Crusoe Island G 4 S L A V E L N
Part Five Page 116 – activity 1 7 P R O T E S T A N T R 6 W E A L T H
Page 101 – activity 1 Open answer. A 9 8 H A M M O C K D U
Open answer. Page 117 – activity 2 T G 11 T 12 D M
10 P U R S U E 13 12 C A V E A
Page 101 – activity 2 Open answer.
N H 15 S A R N
1 not to kill him. Part Six 16 14 P L A N T A T I O N 17
2 make bread.
19 C O K A A N E
3 began to love him. Page 118 – activity 1
4 a child. 18 S K U L L 20 S H I P W R E C K R I A
Open answer.
5 were like Robinson. N I 21 D N E V B R
6 would need a large boat. Page 118 – activity 2 E F H 23 E 24 25 A A 27 T
7 made him. 1B 2B 3C 4C L 22 F O U N D E R S B T 26 F L E S H
8 the god of T R R T E I U Q
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Page 110 – activity 1 1 because the creature was his father R O R 28 C A N O E R U
1G 2C 3D 4A 5E 6F 2 for the Spaniard and Friday’s father I W A S N 29 V O Y A G E
3 because one of them was Catholic, 30 C U N N I N G T P K
Page 111 – activity 2 one was Protestant and one Pagan A E D 31 P I E C E S
1 let me go fishing 4 to have enough food for when the N 32 D O N E A
2 made Robinson become other people from the mainland E D N
3 get him to lead arrived
4 made Robinson remember / 5 to bring back the other white Page 134 – activity 5 kind of cake from his hometown,
made him forget people. which makes him feel very sad and
5 made Friday understand Open answers.
Page 130 – activity 2 spiritual (like the barley scene). His
6 let him carry Page 136 – activity 6 apartment is not in very good
7 made Robinson think 1A 2B 3C 4C 5A 6C 7B 8D
1 it 2 with 3 about 4 like 5 this condition and he has to invent many
8 got me to come things to survive in it – duct tape
Page 131 – activity 3 6 Like 7 when 8 builds / makes
9 makes (or made) him clean around the water pipes, the hairdryer
1 27 2 3 3 white 4 attack 9 go 10 However 11 which
10 will let us use to open the window which freezes
5 Spaniard 6 killed 7 escaped 12 between 13 own 14 most
Page 112 – activity 3 8 canoe 9 cried 10 danced 11 father shut in the winter, a large peanut-
Page 137 – activity 7
Open answers. 12 pagan 13 Catholic 14 send 15 butter-lined jar to catch roaches and a
Example answer: kind of rear-view mirror in the hallway
mainland 16 ship 17 English 18
My Robinson’s name is Rob Sonny. He to make sure no suspicious-looking
prisoners 19 captain 20 rebelled 21
is a bachelor who is ‘shipwrecked’ in a people are around. His Friday is a
island 22 leaders 23 begged 24 left
small apartment in the centre of a young man from Nicaragua who does
25 28 26 hat 27 money 28 35
large modern city. He has no friends the cleaning. He teaches his Friday –
and he has been alone in the big city whose nickname just happens to be
ever since he came to work there from ‘Viernes’ – English and Friday
a small town where he knew teaches him Spanish. The cannibals
everybody. He eats frozen, canned and are a Spanish-speaking gang in the
ready-made foods from the local neighbourhood.
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Contexts
Activity 1
1 Write a continuous passage stating: Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe, who was born in London in 1660.
• who Robinson Crusoe was written by; Defoe was brought up in a Dissenting or Puritan family. He was a merchant and
• where and when he was born; initially had success, but became bankrupt in 1692 after some risky business
• what you remember about his life; ventures. After this he became more interested in journalism and began
• what other works he wrote; publishing political pamphlets and a political newspaper, The Review. He
published Robinson Crusoe in 1719 and it was immediately successful.
• what the period he lived in was characterised by.
His other works include: The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Captain
Comprehension check Singleton Moll Flanders and Roxana.
Daniel Defoe lived in a pre-industrial society that was beginning to expand
2 In a continuous passage explain: rapidly.
• what family Robinson belonged to;
Activity 2
• why he went to sea;
Robinson Crusoe belonged to a merchant family. He went to sea because it was
• how many voyages he made before he was shipwrecked;
his only desire but he had made only three voyages before he was shipwrecked.
• what were the most striking experiences he had during these voyages During his first voyage there were several bad storms and Robinson was very
and what he learnt from them; sick and frightened. His second voyage was very successful and he made some
• how he reacted to being stranded on a desert island; money. His third voyage finished badly as they were taken prisoner by Turkish
• what he mainly missed there; pirates. At first, when he was stranded on the desert island, he was thankful to
• when he felt quite satisfied and contented. God for having survived the shipwreck. Then he feelt desperate when he realised
his terrible situation. However, he soon became very enterprising: he saved what
Interpretation he could from the ship wreck and made himself a house. However, Robinson
3 Say: missed human company on the island. After about 10 months on the island he
felt quite satisfied and contented. His days were full of work and prayer.
1 what kind of man you think Robinson is (pessimistic/ optimistic,
active/passive, fatalistic, cruel, generous... etc.); Activity 3
2 if he may be considered a forerunner of modern entrepreneurs; 1 Optimistic and active.
3 how much religious spirit is present in the novel and how religious 2 Yes, he is very enterprising.
Robinson himself is; 3 The theme of religion runs through the whole novel. At the beginning
Robinson is not particularly religious but this changes gradually until a lot of
4 how he behaves to savages and natives;
his time is taken up with prayer and bible reading.
5 what the main themes of the story are and if there is a final message. 4 His behaviour can be compared to that of the imperial British. Although the
island is not his, he behaves as if he is the master of the island and superior
Key sentences to the natives.
4 Who said...? 5 The main themes are: religion and colonisation.
1 It was a terrible storm. Activity 4
2 Do you call that a storm?... That was nothing. Let’s drink some rum and 1 Robinson
forget about it. 2 Robinson’s friend
3 Young man, you should never go to sea again. 3 The captain of the ship on Robinson’s first voyage
4 Poor Robinson Crusoe! 4 Robinson
5 Why do you want to send me away? Do not send me away! It is better 5 Friday
to kill me. 6 Robinson
6 if I save you, sir… you must promise to accept me as your leader and be
faithful to me.

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