CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE HAPPY PRINCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Happy Princes weeps in the story because
A
he wishes he were still alive and in the Palace of Sans-Souci.
B
he does not like when swallows sleep under him.
C
he is able to witness for the first time all the ugliness and misery in his city.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Solution : The Happy Prince’s statue lamented because he knew no sorrow when he was alive. But after the building of his statue the whole of the city’s ugliness and misery could be seen, and although now he had a leading heart he still could feel the pain that made him cry.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Happy Prince realized about his suffering people after he died and was turned into a statue. He could then see all the unhappiness of his city. Was this answer helpful?

Detailed explanation-3: -b.b. The swallow said that the tears drenched him because it was a clear sky with no clouds surrounding it and he thought from where the droplets of water were falling from the eyes of Happy Prince.

Detailed explanation-4: -What was the first story narrated by the Happy Prince to the swallow? Answer: The Happy Prince said that there was a poor house in the little street of the country. There stayed a woman and her ill son.

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