"Robinson Crusoe" - quotes

Question 1

“I _______ neither Father or Mother any more…without asking ____’s _______”

Answer 1

“I CONSULTED neither Father or Mother any more…without asking GOD’S BLESSING”

Question 2

“that the ____ ___ gave his testimony to this as the _____ _______ of true felicity, when he prayed to have neither poverty or riches”

Answer 2

“that the WISE MAN gave his testimony to this as the JUST STANDARD of true felicity, when he prayed to have neither poverty of riches”

Question 3

“these things were either too far above me, or too far below me; that mine was the _______ _____”

Answer 3

“these things were either too far above me, or too far below me; that mine was the MIDDLE STATE”

Question 4

“I had nobody to ______ with, but now and then this ______…I lived just like a man cast away upon some
_______ island, that had nobody there but himself”

Answer 4

“I had nobody to CONVERSE with, but now and then this NEIGHBOUR…I lived just like a man cast away upon some DESOLATE island, that had nobody there but himself”

Question 5

“By this time it blew a ______ ____ indeed, and now I began to see _____ and amazement in the faces even of the _____ themselves”

Answer 5

“By this time it blew a TERRIBLE STORM indeed, and now I began to see TERROR and amazement in the faces even of the SEAMEN themselves”

Question 6

“so by ______ and ______ everything by reason, and by making the most rational _______ of things, every man may be in time _____ of every mechanik art”

Answer 6

“so by STATING and SQUARING everything by reason, and by making the most rational JUDGEMENT of things, every man may be in time MASTER of every mechanik art”

Question 7

“as the sea returned to its _______ of surface…I entirely forgot the vows and promises that I made in my ______”

Answer 7

“as the sea returned to its SMOOTHNESS of surface…I entirely forgot the vows and promises that I made in my DISTRESS”

Question 8

“I made about 220 pieces of eight of all my _____, and with this _____ I went on shoar in the Brasils”

Answer 8

“I made about 220 pieces of eight of all my CARGO, and with this STOCK I went on shoar in the Brasils”

Question 9

“then to see how like a king I din’d all alone, _______ by my servants…my dog sat always at my _____ _____ side, and two cats, one on one side of the table, and one on the other, ________ now and then a bit from my hand”

Answer 9

“then to see how like a king I din’d all alone, ATTENDED by my servants…my dog always sat at my RIGHT HAND side, and two cats, one on one side of the table, and one on the other, EXPECTING now and then a bit from my hand”

Question 10

“in this ______ place, and in this desolate manner, I should ___ __ ____”

Answer 10

“in this DESOLATE place, and in this desolate manner, I should END MY LIFE”

Question 11

“I ______ myself however, that perhaps the ____ of him might one way or other be of some value to us…it afterwards serv’d me to lye upon”

Answer 11

“I BETHOUGHT myself however, that perhaps the SKIN of him might one way or other be of some value to us…it afterwards serv’d me to lye upon”

Question 12

“it look’d like a ______ _______ of all _______ things, and I had every thing so ready at my hand, that it was a great ______ to me to see all my goods in such ____”

Answer 12

“it look’d like a GENERAL MAGAZINE of all NECESSARY things, and I had every thing so ready at my hand, that it was a great PLEASURE to me to see all my goods in such ORDER”

Question 13

“not to tempt ________ to my ruine, told me I might see a ______ _____ of Heaven against me”

Answer 13

“not to tempt PROVIDENCE to my ruine, told me I might see a VISIBLE HAND of Heaven against me”

Question 14

“I had ____ ____ ____ times the value of my first _____, and was now infinitely beyond my poor neighbour…in the advancement of my _______”

Answer 14

“I had MORE THAN FOUR times the value of my first CARGO, and was now infinitely beyond my poor neighbour…in the advancement of my PLANTATION”

Question 15

“I was ________ _______ with the print of a man’s ______ ____ on the shore”

Answer 15

“I was EXCEEDINGLY SURPRISED with the print of a man’s NAKED FOOT on the shore”

Question 16

“a ______; one banished from _____ society”

Answer 16

“a SOLITAIRE; one banished from HUMAN society”

Question 17

“un-inhabited, except by ____ _____, of whom however I saw none, yet I saw ________ of fowls”

Answer 17

“un-inhabited, except by WILD BEASTS, of whom however I saw none, yet I saw ABUNDANCE of fowls”

Question 18

“it presently occur’d to me, that I must keep the ____ from the wild, or else they would always ___ ____ when they grew up, and the only way for this was to have some _______ piece of ground “

Answer 18

“it presently occur’d to me, that I must keep the TAME from the wild, or else they would always RUN WILD when they grew up, and the only way for this was to have some ENCLOSED piece of ground”

Question 19

“an _______ to set him free in ___ _____, if he turn’d Christian”

Answer 19

“an OBLIGATION to set him free in TEN YEARS, if he turn’d Christian”

Question 20

“I _____ to myself at the sight of this money…said I ____, what art thou good for, thou art not worth to me”

Answer 20

“I SMIL’D to myself at the sight of this money…said I ALOUD, what art thou good for, thou art not worth to me”

Question 21

“I never felt so ______, so strong a desire after the _____ of my fellow-creatures, or so ____ a regret at the want of it”

Answer 21

“I never felt so EARNEST, so strong a desire after the SOCIETY of my fellow-creatures, or so DEEP a regret at the want of it”

Question 22

“I might be more happy in this ______ _______ than I should have been in the _____ of society”

Answer 22

“I might be more happy in this SOLITARY CONDITION than I should have been in the LIBERTY of society”

Question 23

“the ______ appear’d so fresh, so green, so _______, everything being in a constant verdure, or flourish of Spring, that it looked like a ______ _______”

Answer 23

“the COUNTRY appear’d so fresh, so green, so FLOURISHING, everything being in a constant verdure, or flourish of Spring, that it looked like a PLANTED GARDEN”

Question 24

“tis certain I was ______ to them…but it occur’d to my thoughts, what call? What ______? Much less, what necessity I was in to go and dip my hands in _____”

Answer 24

“tis certain I was SUPERIOR to them…but it occur’d to my thoughts, what call? What OCCASION? Much less, what necessity I was in to go and dip my hands in BLOOD”

Question 25

“I had great ______ to consider it as a ________ of Heaven, that in this desolate place…I should end my life…why providence should thus completely ruine its _______”

Answer 25

“I had great REASON to consider it as a DETERMINATION of Heaven, that in this desolate place…I should end my life…why providence should thus completely ruine its CREATURES”

Question 26

“I had enough to eat, and to _____ __ _____, and, what was all the rest to me?”

Answer 26

“I had enough to eat, and to SUPPLY MY WANTS, and, what was all the rest to me?”

Question 27

“I mean, that of not being ______ with the station wherein God and ______ has plac’d them”

Answer 27

“I mean, that of not being SATISFY’D with the station wherein God and NATURE has plac’d them”

Question 28

“I was removed from all the ________ of the world here; I had neither the ____ of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, nor the _____ of life”

Answer 28

“I was removed from all the WICKEDNESS of the world here; I had neither the LUSTS of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, nor the PRIDE of life”

Question 29

“accordingly, I dug up a piece of _____ as well as I could with my ______ ____, and diving it into two parts, I sow’d my grain”

Answer 29

“accordingly, I dug up a piece of GROUND as well as I could with my WOODEN SPADE, diving it into two parts, I sow’d my grain”

Question 30

“also I found _____ very good _____ which came to me in my cargo from England”

Answer 30

“also I found THREE very good BIBLES which came to me in my cargo from England”

Question 31

“I lugg’d this _____ home to my cave”

Answer 31

“I lugg’d this MONEY home to my cave”

Question 32

“never man had a more _____, loving, sincere _____, than Friday was to me”

Answer 32

“never man had a more FAITHFUL, loving, sincere SERVANT, than Friday was to me”

Question 33

“I, whose only ______ was that I seemed banished from ______ ______, that I was alone, circumscribed by the _______ _____, cut off from mankind, and condemned to what I call a _____ life; that I was as one whom Heaven thought ___ _____ to be numbered among the living, or to appear among the rest of his creatures”

Answer 33

“I whose only AFFLICTION was that I seemed banished from HUMAN SOCIETY, that I was alone, circumscribed by the BOUNDLESS OCEAN, cut off from mankind, and condemned to what I call a SILENT life; that I was as one whom Heaven thought NOT WORTHY to be numbered among the living, or to appear among the rest of his creatures”

Question 34

“I cry’d out, Lord, be my help, for I am in _____ ______”

Answer 34

“I cry’d out, Lord, be my help, for I am in GREAT DISTRESS”

Question 35

“it is _______ to express here the _______ of my very heart…especially when I found all my wealth about me”

Answer 35

“it is IMPOSSIBLE to express here the FLUTTERINGS of my very heart…especially when I found all my wealth about me”

Question 36

“a ____ ___ who lay upon the beach of the sea…he was an _______ and had cloaths on”

Answer 36

“a WHITE MAN who lay upon the beach of the sea…he was an EUROPEAN and had cloaths on”

Question 37

“they will find ________ from sin a much greater ______, from deliverance from affliction”

Answer 37

“they will find DELIVERANCE from sin a much greater BLESSING, from deliverance from affliction”

Question 38

“I shar’d the _____ into parts…reserv’d to myself the _______ of the whole, but gave them such parts __________ as they agreed on”

Answer 38

“I shar’d the ISLAND into parts…reserv’d to myself the PROPERTY of the whole, but gave them such parts RESPECTIVELY as they agreed on”

Question 39

“my island was now _______…first of all, the whole country was my own meer ______”

Answer 39

“my island was now PEOPLED…first of all, the while country was my own meer PROPERTY”

Question 40

“I had _____ to do with them…I ought to leave them to the _____ of God”

Answer 40

“I had NOTHING to do with them…I ought to leave them to the JUSTICE of God”

Question 41

“I was not wanting to lay a _______ of religious knowledge in his mind”

Answer 41

“I was not wanting to lay a FOUNDATION of religious knowledge in his mind”

Question 42

“we had three different ______, and they were of three different religions”

Answer 42

“we had three different SUBJECTS, and they were of three different religions”

Question 43

“the _____ end of ___ was better than the beginning”

Answer 43

“the LATTER end of JOB was better than the beginning”