ANDROCLES

A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. As

he was wandering about there he came upon a Lion lying down moaning and groaning. At

first he turned to flee, but finding that the Lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went

up to him. As he came near, the Lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding,

and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. He

pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the Lion, who was soon able to rise and lick the

hand of Androcles like a dog. Then the Lion took Androcles to his cave, and every day used

to bring him meat from which to live. But shortly afterwards both Androcles and the Lion

were captured, and the slave was sentenced to be thrown to the Lion, after the latter had been

kept without food for several days. The Emperor and all his Court came to see the spectacle,

and Androcles was led out into the middle of the arena. Soon the Lion was let loose from his

den, and rushed bounding and roaring towards his victim. But as soon as he came near to

Androcles he recognised his friend, and fawned upon him, and licked his hands like a

friendly dog. The Emperor, surprised at this, summoned Androcles to him, who told him the

whole story. Whereupon the slave was pardoned and freed, and the Lion let loose to his

native forest. (Taken from aesopfables.com)

Questions

A. Choose the correct answer by crossing A, B, C, D, or E!

1. This text is classified to the group of ... text.

a. Descriptive

b. Narrative

c. Procedure

d. Hortatory

e. Explanation

2. The function of this kind of text is ...

a. To educate the readers

b. To explain how to do something

c. To retell the past experience

d. To describe something as it is

e. To give the readers a solution of

a problem

3. Who is the main character of the strory?

a. The Lion

b. The Emperor

c.The Dog

d. Androcles

e.Androcles’ master

4. “ ... and rushed bounding and roaring towards his victim.”

What does the underlined word refer to?

a. The Emperor

b. Androcles

c. The Lion

d. The spectacle

e. The den

5. Which one is uncorrect information based on the text?

a. At the first, Androcles was afraid of the Lion.

b. The Lion recognised Androcles as the person who helped him before

c. A huge thorn had got into the Lion’s paw

d. The Lion was a kind heart animal

e. At last, Androcles and the Lion lived together and happily ever after

B. Essay

1. What is the moral value of the text?

2. What happened to the Lion’s paw?

3. What did the Lion do for Androcles to show his gratitude?

4. Find the synonim of these words! (A synonim for each word.)

a. Fled :

b. Huge :

c. Sentenced :

d. Recognised :

e. Surprised :

5. “ ... he turned back and went up to him.”

What does the word ‘he’ and ‘him’ refer to?

Answers

A. Multiple Choice

1. B

2. A

3. D

4. C

5. E

B. Essay

1. - We should help people who are in trouble

- We should help each other

- We should help people who helped us before

2. The Lion’s paw was all swollen and bleeding because a huge thorn had got into it.

3. He took Androcles to his cave, and every day used to bring him meat from which to

live.

4. a. escaped, ran away

b. very big

c. punished

d. knew

e. shocked, amazed

5. The word ‘he’ refers to Androcles and the word ‘him’ refers to the Lion.

(By Afifa Intifadha H / 02 / X Aksel 2)