VIIC CHAPTER TEST

Messengers were sent throughout the kingdom to

• Fetch wise men

• Find answers

• Look somebody

• To announce the reward

Who wrote the three questions?

• Leo Tolstoy

• Anton Chekov

• G. de Maupassant

• Elie Wiesel

Which one of the choices below is the best choice as one of the themes of this story ?

• wisdom

• politics

• family

• wisdom

Which of the following is not something the king wanted to know?

• The right time to act

• The right words to say

• The right people to advise him

• The most important thing

Word or actions to express the opposite of what you would expect.

• personification

• Irony

• metaphor

• hyperbole

According to the hermit, who are the right people to listen to?

• The people that you are with

• counselors

• priests

• doctors

According to the hermit what is the most important thing to do?

• to do good and help people

• science

• skill in warfare

• religious service

What was ironic in the story?

• the king save the life of the man

• the king found out the answers

• the king discovered the importance of kindness

• the king visited the hermit to seek wisdom

How does the hermit react to the kings questions?

• by asking him to do day's labor in return for the answers

• by telling him to wait for the answers

• by ignoring them

• by ignoring him

What problems does the kings face?

• the answers given where too many

• the people who answered where not wise

• no one wanted to ans the kings question

• the answers given where too complicated