CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE HAPPY PRINCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the swallow feel when he saw the beautiful face of the happy prince and the tears in his eyes?
A
He was filled with pity.
B
He was filled with anger.
C
He was deeply shocked.
D
He became very nervous.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running down his golden cheeks. His face was so beautiful in the moonlight that the little swallow was filled with pity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The swallow cried when the Prince asked him to pluck out one of the sapphires because the Prince would go blind. The Prince himself suffered too much so as to help the poor and needy people.

Detailed explanation-3: -Undoubtedly, the swallow was a kind bird. He wanted to go to Egypt with his friends. At first, when he rested between the feet of the Happy Prince, he had no feeling of helping others. His quality becomes obvious when we noticed tears in his eyes on seeing the Happy Prince’s heart aching.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Swallow had felt warm because he had done a good deed. He helped the family by gifting them with a red jewel from the Happy Prince and even fanned the boy who was feeling very hot by flying in circular motions. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-5: -In a town full of suffering poor people, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late “Happy Prince", who has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter.

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