CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE HAPPY PRINCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why do the townspeople think that the Happy Prince is beautiful?
A
Because he was beautiful in his former life.
B
Because he is helpful to the people.
C
Because he is helpful to the people.
D
Because he is adorned with gold and jewels.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The people admired the statue of the Happy Prince because he always stayed happy and never cried for anything.

Detailed explanation-2: -The townspeople thought that the Happy Prince was beautiful because he was covered with thin leaves of fine gold, he had sapphires for eyes, and a large red ruby in his sword.

Detailed explanation-3: -The prince was very sad to see the ugliness and miseries of his city. He gave away all his precious stones and gold to make his people happy.

Detailed explanation-4: -The statue of the Happy Prince is adorned with gold and precious stones. The Happy Prince gets happiness by distributing the jewellery to the poor of the city. The swallow helps him to carry out his task.

Detailed explanation-5: -answer : this tells us that the makers of the statue believed in show-off and they were superficial. they knew that everyone would view the statue of the happy prince so they made it sure that it looked good from the outside. the heart was not visible to anyone, so they made it of lead .

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