CLASS 9
THE HAPPY PRINCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The beggars who were sitting at the gates
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The starving children lying in the dark lanes
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The playwright who was tired and hungry
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The seamstress who was poor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The Happy Prince sends a ruby for the seamstress because she was poor and her son was ill with fever. Her son asks her to give him oranges but all she has is river water. The swallow was requested by the Happy Prince to visit and give the ruby to the seamstress.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Happy Prince sent a ruby for the seamstress as she was extremely poor and could not feed her son who was suffering from fever. The swallow persuaded by the prince went to the seamstress’s house. But the seamstress had fallen asleep as she was tired. The swallow kept the ruby on the table where the woman worked.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The poor seamstress was given the ruby by the swallow.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer. Explanation: The Happy Prince chose to deliver the ruby to the seamstress because she was very poor and had a sick son that she could not provide adequate care for. Wilde describes the seamstress as having a “thin and worn” face with “coarse, red hands, all pricked by the needle."