Unseen Comprehension Passages II

Unseen Comprehension Passages  Set II – [03]

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

When the rock was hit by the surge’s swell,
The mariners heard the warning bell
and then they knew the perilous rock,
and blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok.

1. What happened when the rock was hit by the sea waves?
2. What do you understand by the term – ‘perilous’?
3. Why has the rock been called perilous?
4. Why did the mariners bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok?