Three Questions
Class 7th : English : Short Stories
Short Stories 1.
Three Questions (Leo Tolstoy) :
Working with the Text:
(A) Answer the following questions:
Q1. What are three questions in the story?
Ans. Three questions in the story are:
a. What is the right time to begin
something?
b. Which people should he
listen to?
c. What is the most important thing for him to
do?
Q2. Why did the king want to seek the answers to
these questions?
Ans. Because the king thought that, he would
never fail if he knew the answers of these questions.
Q3. Why was, the king advised to go to the
magicians?
Ans. The king was, advised to go to the
magicians because in order to decide the right time for doing something it was
necessary to look into to the future and only the magicians could do that.
Q4. Was the king satisfied with the answers of the
wise men?
Ans. The king was not satisfied with the
answers of the wise men because their answers were different.
Q5. How did the king and the hermit help the
wounded man?
Ans. The king and the hermit removed wounded
man’s clothing, washed and dressed his wound and gave him the fresh water to
drink.
Q6. Who was the bearded man? Why did he ask for the
king’s forgiveness?
Ans. The bearded man was the enemy of the king
who swore revenge on him because he (king) had put his brother to death and
seized his property. The bearded man asked his forgiveness because he (king)
saved his life.
Q7. How did the king show his forgiveness?
Ans. The king showed his forgiveness by making
peace and friends with him. He told him that he would send his servants and his
own doctor to look after him and promised him to give back his property.
Q8. What answers did the hermit give to the three
questions?
Ans. The hermit replied the king that the most
important time is the time when you have any power to act, the most necessary
person is the person you are with at a particular moment and the most important
thing to do is to do the good with that person.
(B) Complete the following sentences by adding the
appropriate parts of the sentences given in the box below:
|
– but the bleeding would not stop. |
1. Many wise men answered the king’s
questions, but their answers were so varied that the king was
not satisfied.
2. Someone else suggested that there would be a
council of wise men to help the king at the right time.
3. Someone else suggested that the king should
have a timetable and follow it.
4. The king requested the hermit to
answer three questions.
5. The washed and dressed the bearded man’s
wound but the bleeding would not stop.
Language Work:
(C) Find from the lesson words which mean the
following:
1. To act in accordance with timetable
2. To cause (an event) to occur earlier action
3. An assembly of people who advise council
4. To find by searching; to look for seek
5. Meet with friendliness or expression of
welcome greet
6. Small patches of group of plants beds
7. Feel sorry for pity
8. Got up from sleep awake
9. Give back return
10. Loss consciousness faint