Robin Hood
Vocabulary
A sturdy man
Robin Hood is an expert at archery.
He is stringing his bow
Castle is hesitating.
A fletcher fletches arrows.
A peacock
A quill
To run into debt
Robin and Little John are walking
in the greenwood.
Exercise 1
1.
Robin is afraid of the Sheriff somehow.
2.
The Sheriff thinks he can outsmart Robin.
3.
Robin is a master of disguise.
4.
Robin illustrates his talent.
5.
Robin leaves as fast as he can.
Lines 4-6
Lines 1-3
Lines 10-14
Lines 27-31
Lines 36-38
Exercise 2
1.
What double temptation can Robin hardly resist?
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2.
Prove that the Sheriff knows Robin very well.
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3.
He promises the potter that they will serve him a feast ‘fit for a king’.
How does the story create tension during the contest?
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5.
He knows that Robin is after gold and silver and that he will want to show his
mastery as an archer.
How does Robin motivate the potter to let him go to town and sell the
pottery?
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4.
Demonstrating his talent and daring to the Sheriff.
Robin is the last to try his luck and the Sheriff finds out who he is just after
Robin has passed through the gates.
Why does Robin drive off as fast as he can?
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Robin knows that the Sheriff may find out who he really is.
Exercise 4.15
1.
How does the tekst suggest that Robin is growing older?
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2.
What was the reason for his illness?
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3.
Because he thought she would help him.
What is bleeding?
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5.
It is due to his age.
Why did Robin want to visit the Prioress?
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4.
Robin’s hair turned silver.
To make a cut in someone’s arm to make hum lose some blood.
Why was she angry with him?
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Out of hate.
6. The reader knows more than the characters. Can you illustrate this?
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We know that the Prioress is bad but they don’t.
7. What was Little John’s error?
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He believed the Prioress too naively.
8. What had Robin’s attitude to women always been?
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Robin had never hurt a woman in his life.
9. What was ironic about Robin’s last shot?
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The arrow falls in the garden of the abbey so he will be buried in the garden of
the Prioress.
10. What is Robin called in the last lines?
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The Earl of Huntington.