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The Great Stone Face-

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Great Stone Face was made by

a)

(a) nature

b)

(b) sculptors

c)

(c) Ernest

d)

(d) Ernest’s forefathers

2.

The word ‘industrious’ means the same as

a)

(a) the owner of an industry

b)

(b) industrial

c)

(c) hardworking

d)

(d) ran an industry.

3.

The melting away of gold means

a)

(a) making a gold pot

b)

(b) making goldcoins

c)

(c) melting gold coins

d)

(d) vanishing of wealth.

4.

What is Ernest's level of renown as an old man?

a)

He is renowned, but only among the people in his neighborhood.

b)

He is renowned, but only among the people of the valley.

c)

He is very famous.

d)

He is obscure and generally unknown.

5.

What does the poet admire in Ernest?

a)

Ernest's emotional eloquence.

b)

Ernest's collection of books.

c)

Ernest's height.

6.

What would happen if a spectator approached too near to the great stone face?

a)

Saw a pile of rocks

b)

Saw Lyonnesse

c)

Saw nothing

d)

Saw the great stone face (nothing changed)

7.

Meaning of benign

a)

Kind,Gentle

b)

The beginning

c)

Huge,Very big

d)

Thoughtful

8.

In the meeting between the poet and Ernest

a)

Ernest did all the talking

b)

The poet was much impressed by Ernest

c)

Ernest was much impressed by the poet

d)

They did not like each other

9.

What was Ernest to the various people who came to meet Ernest

a)

Teacher

b)

Doctor

c)

Counsellor

d)

Tourist Guide

10.

1.How did Mr. Gathergold make his fortune?

a)

As an inventor.

b)

As the owner of a coal mine.

c)

As a factory owner.

d)

As a merchant.

11.

Which new character is introduced in the second part of the story?

a)

Ernest

b)

Ernest mother

c)

Poet

d)

None of these

12.

Ernest became famous

a)

even as a child

b)

when he became young

c)

when he became an old man

d)

when he died

13.

Ernest was much impressed by

a)

The fact that the poet resembled the great stone face

b)

What the poet had written

c)

the thoughts of the poet about him

d)

the poet when he said that Ernest resembled the great stone face

14.

Ernest examined the poet's features again and again because

a)

He was so charmed by his looks

b)

He felt he had met him somewhere

c)

He felt that he had a disease

d)

He was comparing him with the great stone face

15.

Who all were part of Ernest's daily audience

a)

A group of neighbours

b)

College professors

c)

Doctors

d)

The poet

16.

Choose the meaning of "OBSCURE" from the following options

a)

Dead

b)

Hidden

c)

Lost

d)

Not well known