Ejercicios Resueltos de Comprensión Lectora sobre la Novela The Riddle of the Sands

Ejercicios de Comprensión de Lectura

A continuación se presenta una serie de actividades y ejercicios prácticos basados en la novela. Revisa detenidamente cada sección.

1) Are these sentences true or false?

• a. Carruthers expected Dulcibella to be larger than she was (T).
• b. At the beginning of the story Dulcibella was in the North Sea (F)
• c. Dollmann tried to kill Davies (T)
• d. The Frisian Islands are very rocky (F)
• e. Dollmann was looking for gold (F)
• f. Miss Dollmann was frightened by a book on Dulcibella (T)
• g. Carruthers returned to London because his boss needed him (F)
• h. Dollmann's plan used tugs to pull barges for an invasion (T)
• i. Dollmann was German (F)
• j. He who insists, was the Kaiser (T)

2) Who said this?

• a. Pilot? Well, yes, I did take one once (Davies to Carruthers).
• b. You're not very good at hiding things (Carruthers to Davies)
• c. I wouldn't encourage him if I were you (von Brüning to Carruthers)
• d. You're a traitor working for the Germans (Davies to Dollmann)
• e. It's not a good idea for you to call on us in Norderney tomorrow (Clara to Carruthers)

3) Who in the story...

• a. Led Davies onto a sandbank? (Dollman)
• b. Brought a lot of luggage? (Carruthers)
• c. Fell in love with Clara? (Davies)
• d. Asked about Davies at the Kiel Canal? (Clara)
• e. Studied in Germany? (Carruthers)
• f. Wrote a book? (Dollman)
• g. Was English, but didn't speak English well? (Clara)
• h. Invited Carruthers and Davies to dinner? (Dollman)
• i. Came to Dulcibella with Dollmann and Böhme? (von Brüning)
• j. Told Carruthers that he was working for the British? (Dollman)

4) Put these sentences in order

• a. They arrive in Norderney (5)
• b. Carruthers meets Davies in Flensburg (2)
• c. Carruthers overhears... (7)
• d. Carruthers sees the tugs and barges (9)
• e. Davies tells Carruthers about his escape on the Hohenhörn (3)
• f. Carruthers returns home (10)
• g. Clara visits Dulcibella (6)
• h. Davies asks Carruthers to come to Germany (1)
• i. They have dinner with Dollman (8)
• j. They sail through the Kiel Canal (4)

5) Match a word from A with definition from B

A) 1. anchor / 2. barge / 3. binoculars / 4. cabin / 5. chart / 6. dinghy / 7. invade / 8. mast

B) a. row / b. boats / c. country / d. place / e. boat / f. rivers / g. sea / h. engine / i. sails / j. glasses

Respuestas: 1d-2h-3j-4e-5f-6a-7c-8i-9g-10b

Alternativas y Evaluaciones Complementarias

Setting

• 1) The story happens in the year (b. 1902)
• 2) Carruthers knows Davies because they were... together (c. at university)
• 3) Davies invites Carruthers to join him on his yacht in the... (a. Baltic sea)
• 4) In the past, Carruthers has only sailed... (b. with a crew)
• 5) Before their adventure, Carruthers thinks Davies is... (d. dull)
• 6) Carruthers speaks... perfectly (c. German)
• 7) When Carruthers arrives at Davies' yacht, he is surprised because it seems very... (a. small)
• 8) Davies is very good at... (d. sailing)
• 9) Davies wants to... in the North Sea (b. explore the sandbanks)
• 10) Davies is worried that... might go to war with Britain (d. Germany)

Characters

• 11) Carruthers works at... (d. The Foreign Office)
• 12) ...tried to kill Davies by leading him onto a sandbank (a. Dollmann)
• 13) Davies is in love with... daughter (d. Dollmann's)
• 14) ...helped Davies when the Dulcibella was stuck in the sand (a. Bartels)
• 15) Dollmann's yacht is called the... (c. Medusa)
• 16) Dollmann is... (a. English)
• 17) von Brüning is captain of the... (c. Blitz)
• 18) Clara Dollmann comes to meet Davies because she... (b. loves him)
• 19) Before he moved to Germany, Dollmann was in the British... (b. navy)
• 20) ...is an engineer who knows about canals and barges (c. Böhme)

Dialogue

• 21) The whole fun is doing it yourself (d. Davies)
• 22) The North Sea is no place for your little boat at this time of the year (b. Bartels)
• 23) We should realize that Germany is the danger now (a. Davies)
• 24) You're not very good at hiding things (c. Carruthers)
• 25) Father said you'd be safe (d. Clara Dollmann)
• 26) I'll invite them to dinner this evening. You can see them then (c. Dollmann)
• 27) What is he talking about, and why go on with this stupid mystery? (d. Dollmann's wife)
• 28) Don't forget to do your investigating in London! (a. Böhme)
• 29) Hope extra holiday all right (b. Carruthers)
• 30) You stupid, crazy young fools. I'm in British service! (b. Dollmann)

Vocabulary

• 31) The floor of a boat: (a. deck)
• 32) Feeling weak and tired: (d. faint)
• 33) To ask for something officially: (c. request)
• 34) A heavy metal object that is dropped into the water to keep a ship in one place: (b. anchor)
• 35) A ship that has sunk or been badly damaged: (a. wreck)
• 36) Enthusiastic, excited: (c. eager)
• 37) An instrument for finding direction: (a. compass)
• 38) Money that workers earn for doing their job: (d. wages)
• 39) The official record of a journey on a ship: (b. log-book)
• 40) A small open boat that you sail or row: (d. dinghy)

Plot

• 41) On the first morning on the Dulcibella, Carruthers is woken by... (a. water pouring from the deck)
• 42) The Dulcibella is good for sailing in shallow water because she has... (c. a flat bottom)
• 43) At first, Carruthers finds... very beautiful (c. the scenery)
• 44) The Kiel Canal connects the Baltic Sea to the... (b. North Sea)
• 45) Davies is making corrections to the..., which are out of date (d. charts)
• 46) On the Dulcibella, Clara finds a book written by... sixteen years before (a. her father)
• 47) Carruthers secretly listens to a conversation in a house in... (c. Memmert)
• 48) The day after the dinner at Dollmann's house, Carruthers goes to... (b. Amsterdam)
• 49) Carruthers secretly gets on a tug and learns about a German plan to... (d. invade Britain)
• 50) In the end, Dollmann... (b. jumps into the sea)