Too Dear -Revision

Too Dear -Revision

Learning objective: Learn to answer one markers, four markers and six markers.

Revise the lesson and the story

Multiple Choice

Why was ‘Monaco’ called a ‘toy kingdom’?

• Because it had just about seven thousand people.

• Because it had just one king

• Because it had just a handful of ministers

• Because it had just a few offices.

Multiple Choice

Name the commodities taxed in Monaco.

• Tobacco, wines and spirits.

• Wine and spirits

• Tobacco, games and tourism

• Tobacco, wines and clothes

Multiple Choice

What was the source of the King’s special revenue?

• Wine

• Clothes

• Spirits

• gaming house

Multiple Choice

Who were its beneficiaries of the gaming house?

• King and the game keeper

• Game keeper and the minister

• Game keeper and the ministers

• King and the ministers

Multiple Choice

Why did the Germans stop gaming houses in their country and how did it benefit Monaco?

• Because the gaming houses has become a social evil.

• Because the gaming houses brought in a lot of income

• Because the gaming houses caused more harm. Monaco was benefited as it was the only place in Europe that allowed this game.

• Because the gaming houses caused a lot of unrest.

Multiple Choice

What was the punishment given to the murderer?

• A jail term

• Death sentence / Capital Punishment / Execution

• Deportation

• excommunication

Multiple Choice

The death sentence was converted into life imprisonment because

• Capital punishment was not part of the legal system.

• Carrying out death sentence was expensive

• There were no trained personnel to carry out the judgment

• Monaco never had a king who could carry out a death sentence.

Multiple Choice

Whom does the council refer to as ‘brother monarch’ in ‘Too Dear’?

• The King of France

• The King of Italy.

• The King of Germany

• The King of Rome

Multiple Choice

What was the first hitch in the execution of the criminal?

• The Kingdom did not have trained soldiers

• The Kingdom never had a system for capital punishment

• The Kingdom of Monaco did not have either a guillotine machine or an executioner.

• The Kingdom never had to face a capital punishment.

Multiple Choice

The Soldiers could not carry out the sentence, because...

• There were no soldiers

• They were not meant to be part of a death sentence

• They had never done anything like this before.

• they did not know how to do it and that was one thing that they

  had not been taught.

Multiple Choice

Name the new expenditure noted by the Prince

• Keeping the guard and the criminal

• Giving a separate place for him to live

• The food

• Keeping the place clean

Multiple Choice

Where did the criminal spent his life after he was deported?

• France

• Italy

• In a neighboring country

• Just across the frontiers, which could be reached by rail in only a quarter of an hour.

Multiple Choice

How much did the king spend on the criminal, annually?

• 600

• 800

• 400

• 700

Multiple Choice

How did the King of Monaco gained monopoly over the games?

• Happened tobe the only gaming house in the entire Europe

• Germany banned all gaming houses

• Along with Germany other countries too banned gaming houses.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

On what condition did the criminal agree to go away from the prison? Why was his demand fulfilled?

• That he would be paid his annual pension regularly. To avoid further burden on his maintenance.

• That he would be paid his monthly salary regularly. To avoid further burden on his maintenance.

• That he would be paid his living expenses

• That he would be paid all his expenses till he dies.

 Though gambling is a dirty business, why does the king of Monaco resort to it?

OR

‘You can’t earn stone palaces by honest labour’. In what context is this statement made?

This is from the story “Too Dear” written by Count Leo Tolstoy who is a master of realistic fiction and widely considered one of the world’s greatest novelists. This story is a parody of one of the modern systems of governance. The king of Monaco ruled a tiny kingdom with a small population of about seven thousand. In that kingdom he was a real kinglet. He had a palace, courtiers, ministers, a bishop, generals and an army to take care of. However, he had very limited sources of income: a tax on tobacco, wine, spirits and a poll-tax. These sources were insufficient. So, he found a new source of special income; a gaming house where people played roulette. This was the only place in the whole of Europe where people would come to play. Whether they would win or lose, the Prince gained by it. It is like, ‘You can’t earn stone palaces by honest labour’. This statement is true with reference to the context the king of Monaco lived in. He knew it very well that gambling is a dirty business. He also understood that by levying taxes on drink and tobacco for revenue was not a good idea. But, he had to resort to it for the survival and sustenance of his kingdom.