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Columbus`s answer
Soon after Columbus discovered America, he was in company with Mendoza, the Grand
Cardinal of Spain. As he was the hero of the day, it was natural that the greatest honors were
addressed to him. One of the guests felt angry to see a foreigner was honored so much. He asked
Columbus whether the Indians would not have been discovered, if the he had not the fortune to
find them.
To this Columbus made no reply. Instead he took an egg and asked the guest to make it stand
on one end. Everyone tried, but in vain. Then he took the egg, stuck it upon the table so as to
break the end left it stand on the broken part.
“Everyone could do that,” explained the guests. “There is nothing in that.”
“Quite right,” answered Columbus, “but the only difference between me and everyone else is
that I did what everyone else might have done.”
1. Why did the Grand Cardinal of Spain honor Columbus?
It was his birthday.
a)
b) He had discovered a new continent.
c) He was back from his round the world tour.
2. One of the guests thought that the honors Columbus received were too much for him
because
a) He had discovered the Indies quite by chance.
b) He was not a king.
c) He was not a brave colonel.
3. What was Columbus`s answer to the remark?
a) He organized a competition of eating eggs.
b) He made the egg stand on one of its end.
c) He ate an omelet of 10 eggs.
4. Columbus managed to make the egg stand.
a) By breaking its top.
b) By making a comfortable nest for it.
c) By using a wooden one.
5. What did Columbus mean by saying: “I did what others might have to do”?
a) Most of the discoveries were made by him.
b) Most of the discoveries are, in fact, made by chance.
c) Most of the discoveries are of no importance.
Columbus`s Answer
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