The Kingdom of Fools - Quiz

"Your Highness, when my brother was pursuing his ________________, a wall fell on him and killed him."

• Burglary

• Ancient Trade

“Poor thing, she’s absolutely right,” thought the king, weighing the evidence. “We’ve got the real culprit at last.

Who is the poor thing in these lines?

• The dancing girl

• The rich merchant

• The owner of the house

• Bricklayer

I had given some gold to the goldsmith to make some jewellery for me. He was a lazy scoundrel.

Who is the lazy scoundrel mentioned here?

• the owner of the house

• Gold smith

• bricklayer

• rich merchant

What is the meaning of "dozen"?

• A group or set of 10

• A group or set of 5

• A group or set of 12

What is the meaning of "scoundrel"?

• A person who does robbery

• A dishonest person

• The culprit

Who all are the characters mentioned in this story till here?

Tick all the answers that applies?

• Guru

• Two Disciples

• The dancing girl

• All of the above

Who is the author of "The Kingdom of Fools"?

• R.K. Laxman

• A.K. Ramanujan

• Ruskin Bond

In the Kingdom of Fools,________________________

• The king was an idiot

• The minister was an idiot

• Both the king and the minister were idiots

• Neither the king nor the minister was an idiot

The king and the minister did not want__________________

• to run things like other things

• to change night into day

• to change day into night

• to make people work at night

The king and the minister warned, that anyone who disobeyed their orders_____________________

• Would be turned out of the kingdom

• would be put into the prison

• would be punished with death

• would be given lashes on the back