Read the passage from Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Princess and the Pea.” Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess. One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it. It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess. "Well, we’ll soon find that out,” thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses. Which quotation from the passage best supports the theme that looks can be deceiving? "Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess." "There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. . . . So he came home again and was sad." "One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents." "The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels."

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Which TWO of the following best explain the themes of this story are: B. E.

Which TWO phrases from the story best support the answer to Part A are: A. E.

Further explanation

Hans Christian Andersen is  a Danish author. He is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children also for all ages and nationality. There are some of the best and most popular Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales:

  1. The Emperor's New Clothes
  2. The Little Mermaid
  3. Little Ida's Flowers.
  4. The Ugly Duckling
  5. Thumbelina
  6. The Princess and the Pea.
  7. The Little Match Girl.
  8. The Nightingale.

The Princess and the Pea is a fairytale that warns the reader about the dangers of jumping to conclusions without know all the facts. This is shown through the old queen illustration who does not believe that the sopping wet girl at the gate could be a princess

PART A: Which TWO of the following best explain the themes of this story?

  • A.Royals are so important they should be remembered and honored in museums.
  • B.Royal people are more likely to be extremely sensitive and delicate.
  • C.Older members of royal families are particularly suspicious and sneaky.
  • D.Most people who claim to be royal are actually lying in the hopes of making themselves rich and important.
  • E.People in high social classes often only want their family to marry people in the same respected social class.
  • F.Looks are often deceiving, and often people who are actually royal will look just like anyone else.

PART B: Which TWO phrases from the story best support the answer to Part A?

  • A."but she would have to be a real princess." (Paragraph 1)
  • B."There was always something about them that was not as it should be." (Paragraph 1)
  • C."The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels." (Paragraph 3)
  • D."'Well, we'll soon find that out,' thought the old queen." (Paragraph 4)
  • E."Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that." (Paragraph 8)
  • F."and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it." (Paragraph 9)

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Answer details

Grade: 7

Subject: English

Chapter:  Hans Christian Andersen

Keywords: Hans Christian Andersen, The Princess and the Pea, real princess, thunder, lightning

The quote that shows the theme that looks can be deceiving is the sentence that shows that the girl, despite being a true princess, did not look like one.

This quote can be seen in the following sentence:

"The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels."

We can arrive at this answer because:

  • The theme of a text represents the message that the text wants to convey to readers.
  • In the text shown above, we can see that the girl is not looking like a real princess.
  • The girl's appearance does not show any luxury and beauty, which is expected of a princess.
  • However, the girl shows an enormous delicacy, being able to feel discomfort when sleeping, caused by the pea under the cushions.
  • In this case, the girl behaves like a real princess and shouldn't have been judged by her appearance.

With this, we can conclude how the text shows how appearances are deceiving and how people can be much more than what we imagine about them.

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