CLASS 9
THE HAPPY PRINCE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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matchgirl
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Young writer
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Poor lady
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matchgirl and young writer across the city.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The Happy Prince sent the sapphires for two people: the young writer across the city and the matchgirl. The young writer was trying to finish a play for the Director of the Theatre. However, he was too cold to write anymore, there was no fire in the grate and hunger had made him faint.
Detailed explanation-2: -The prince sends one of the sapphires for a young playwright in a garret. He has run out of firewood and it is too cold for him to write his play for the Director of the Theatre. Hunger has even made the young man faint. If he sold the sapphire to the jeweler, he would be able to buy firewood and finish his play.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The Happy Prince sends a ruby for the seamstress because she was poor and her son was ill with fever.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The Happy Prince sent a ruby for the seamstress because she was very poor and could not feed her child who was suffering from fever. He was asking for oranges but his mother had nothing to give him.
Detailed explanation-5: -3. For whom does the Prince send the Sapphires and why? Ans: The sapphires were sent for two people by the Happy Prince: the young writer from across the city and the match girl. The young playwright was attempting to complete a play for the theatre’s director.