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Class IX THE HAPPY PRINCE MCQ Test

Q1- Who is the writer of the Happy Prince C) many poor people
story? D) many waste things
A) Khushwant Singh Q9- What made Happy Prince blind?
B) R.K. Laxman A) Giving away two saphires
C) Oscar Wilde B) an arrow
D) Ruskin Bond C) a shooting gun
Q2- Why was the Prince called happy? D) stone pelting
A) because he never cried Q10- Why was the Swallow not ready to move
B) because he was very lucky to Egypt?
C) because he had everything A) Because Happy Prince became blind
D) because he always smiled and was living in B) because of kindness of Happy Prince
palace of happiness C) Because Happy Prince would be alone
Q3- What was done after the Prince’s death? D) None
A) His statue was made Q11- What moved Swallow’s heart?
B) he was forgotten A) Happy Prince
C) people cried B) Happy Prince’s kindness
D) people became corrupt C) Happy Prince’s assets
Q4- Whom did the Happy Prince send the D) All
Ruby to? Q12- Why did Happy Prince give away all his
A) Seamstress- a poor woman assets?
B) a man A) to eradicate misery and sorrow from his city
C) a beggar B) to show his power
D) Swallow C) to show his richness
Q5- What made the Seamstress’s child D) None
relaxed? Q13- Name the most precious things in the
A) Ruby story that the angel took to give to God.
B) Happy Prince A) leaden heart of Happy Prince and the dead
C) Swallow Swallow
D) Fanning by the Swallow B) Prince and his assets
Q6- Whom did the Prince send the sapphire C) Ruby,sword and sappire
to? D) All
A) matchgirl and young writer across the city Q14- Why were Prince and the Swallow so
B) poor lady precious?
C) a beggar A) because of their kindness and selflessness
D) none B) because of their services
Q7- Why did Happy Prince send the sapphire C) because they had many possessions
to a young writer and the matchgirl? D) they were rich
A) to send hope and make them happy Q15- What did the Prince do to make the
B) to show them power people of his city happy?
C) to surprise them A) told them stories
D) to help them B) gave away all his precious gems and
Q8- What did the swallow notice while flying stones
over the city? C) talked to people
A) plight of the poor and greed of the rich D) made Swallow fly here and there
B) many people and their plight
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Class IX THE HAPPY PRINCE MCQ Test
My background was very unbookish, and
there was absolutely no expectation from my
family of my ever reading very much or even
writing anything. I wanted to birdwatch and be
left alone. Then I was taught English by Peter
Way (Mr Way to me), and it was as though he
walked into my head and turned all the lights
on. He manifested in everything he said and
did that poems were not a strange addition to
life, but a part of it. And that is one of the great
lessons of my life. He didn’t know he was
doing this, but he gave me my life. He lent me
poems he liked and I showed him poems I had
written, which weren’t really poems but more
an explosion of words. But he took me
completely seriously.
Shazia Mirza, Comedian
My drama teacher Mrs Fisher-Jones was a
great teacher. She always told me I was really
funny and that I should develop that. I didn’t
know what that meant– I hadn’t even heard of
stand-ups then. She would let us write our
own plays and do improve. There were loads
of us who didn’t go into the arts but still
remember what a brilliant teacher she was. I
still get Christmas cards from her now. She
says she always knew what I would do.
Trevor Baylis, Inventor
I failed my 11+ and went to Dormers Wells
secondary modern in Southall after the
second world war. We were considered to be
inferior to those at grammar school and we
were made to feel that as well. To start with, I
didn’t want to know. Teaching me must have
been like trying to communicate with a slab of
tripe. One teacher in particular encouraged
me to get hands on. He taught woodwork and
metalwork and showed me, literally, how to
use a spanner. He would show you how to drill
a bit of wood, how to sharpen your tools etc.
He was a very bright type, a very intelligent
chap but he was a very fatherly type too. This
was before the days when health and safety
came into the equation and we didn’t have
safety helmets but that helped me grow up as
well. My teacher had to know about first aid
because every lesson someone would cut
their finger, so he was also a nurse as well.
Q. On the basis of your reading and
understanding of the above passage,
answer the following:
1. What did Andrew Motion fondly call
his teacher as ?
2. What encouraged Andrew Motion to
show his poems to his teacher?
3. Which sentence in para 3 shows that
Shazia Mirza is still in contact with
her drama teacher, Mrs Fisher-
Jones?
4. Was it difficult to teach Trevor
Baylis? How do you know?
5. When Andrew Motion says that he
had an‘unbookish’ background, he
means that
1. there were no books in his
house.
2. his family members didn’t like
reading books.
3. he disliked reading books.
4. his family was not much
educated.
6. The expression ‘explosion of words’
in para 1 means use of
1. words that have auditory effect.
2. words that left strong impact.
3. too many words.
4. words that described the
explosion of bomb.
7. Which word in para 4 means an
instrument or a device?
8. What did Mrs Fisher-Jones know
Shazia Mirza would do well ?