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Question 10 • CMS 2026-2027 English II CREDIT RECOVERY

Which quotations from "The Crab That Played with the Sea" convey a comic tone? Choose two correct answers.

Answer

"O my Best Beloved"

"He took the Elephant—All-the-Elephant-there-was—and said, 'Play at being an Elephant.'"

"All-the-Cow-there-was . . . licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time."

"The great Sea . . . overflowed all the dark forests for miles and miles, and flooded the Man’s house."

"By and by the Eldest Magician met the Man on the banks of the Perak river."

Explanation

B is comic because the Magician gives an enormous elephant the silly instruction to “Play at being an Elephant.” C is comic because the cow’s exaggerated tongue is described as licking up a whole forest at once. The other quotations mainly introduce a character or describe events without the same playful exaggeration.

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