Class 9 moments Chapter 5 The Happy Prince MCQs
1. How was the statue of the Happy Prince adorned when it stood high above the city?
(A) It was made of bronze with emerald eyes and a silver sword
(B) It was gilded all over with fine gold, had two bright sapphires for eyes, and a large red ruby on its sword hilt
(C) It was covered in diamonds and pearls
(D) It was painted white with blue glass eyes
Answer
Answer: (B) It was gilded all over with fine gold, had two bright sapphires for eyes, and a large red ruby on its sword hilt
2. Where did the little swallow decide to alight when he arrived at the city for the night?
(A) On the cathedral tower
(B) In a good chimney pot
(C) Just between the feet of the Happy Prince
(D) On the mast of a large vessel
Answer
Answer: (C) Just between the feet of the Happy Prince
3. When the Happy Prince was alive in the Palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter, what did his courtiers call him?
(A) The Great Ruler
(B) The Kind Sovereign
(C) The Happy Prince
(D) The Golden Prince
Answer
Answer: (C) The Happy Prince
4. Why did the Happy Prince weep after he died and was set up as a statue?
(A) He missed his courtiers and the Palace
(B) His heart was made of lead and was too cold
(C) He could see the ugliness and all the misery of his city
(D) The rain drops kept falling on him
Answer
Answer: (C) He could see the ugliness and all the misery of his city
5. What was the occupation of the poor woman whom the Happy Prince saw through an open window?
(A) A dancer at the Court ball
(B) A maid of honour
(C) A seamstress, embroidering flowers on a satin gown
(D) A matchgirl
Answer
Answer: (C) A seamstress, embroidering flowers on a satin gown
6. What was the first precious item the Happy Prince asked the swallow to take to the poor seamstress?
(A) A sapphire eye
(B) The ruby out of his sword hilt
(C) A leaf of fine gold
(D) His leaden heart
Answer
Answer: (B) The ruby out of his sword hilt
7. Who was waiting for the swallow in Egypt?
(A) The Mayor
(B) His friends
(C) The Art Professor
(D) The seamstress
Answer
Answer: (B) His friends
8. What did the swallow do after laying the ruby on the table beside the seamstress’s thimble?
(A) He ate the sick boy’s oranges
(B) He drank the river water
(C) He fanned the boy’s forehead with his wings
(D) He fell asleep immediately
Answer
Answer: (C) He fanned the boy’s forehead with his wings
9. Why did the swallow feel quite warm after delivering the ruby, despite the cold weather?
(A) Because he had flown fast
(B) Because thinking always made him sleepy
(C) Because he had done a good action
(D) Because he had bathed in the river
Answer
Answer: (C) Because he had done a good action
10. What was the young man in the garret trying to finish writing?
(A) A poem for the Mayor
(B) A play for the Director of the Theatre
(C) A letter to his family
(D) A history book
Answer
Answer: (B) A play for the Director of the Theatre
11. The sapphires that made up the Prince’s eyes were considered rare because they were brought out of India how long ago?
(A) Fifty years ago
(B) A hundred years ago
(C) A thousand years ago
(D) Recently
Answer
Answer: (C) A thousand years ago
12. What did the matchgirl cry out when the swallow slipped the second sapphire into her hand?
(A) “Now I can buy oranges!”
(B) “What a lovely bit of glass!”
(C) “My father will not beat me!”
(D) “I will sell this to the jeweller”
Answer
Answer: (B) “What a lovely bit of glass!”
13. Why did the Happy Prince eventually ask the swallow to take off his fine gold leaf by leaf?
(A) He wanted to look dull and grey
(B) The rich were making merry with the gold
(C) He wanted the gold to be given to the poor so they could buy bread
(D) He thought the living always believed lead could make them happy
Answer
Answer: (C) He wanted the gold to be given to the poor so they could buy bread
14. What happened to the Happy Prince’s leaden heart when the swallow died at his feet?
(A) It melted from the cold
(B) It cracked right in two
(C) It started beating again
(D) It turned into gold
Answer
Answer: (B) It cracked right in two
15. What did the Mayor and Town Councillors decide to do with the statue once it looked shabby, had lost its ruby and eyes, and was no longer golden?
(A) Clean and re-gild it
(B) Move it to the Art Museum
(C) Pull it down and melt it in a furnace
(D) Cover it with a protective cloth
Answer
Answer: (C) Pull it down and melt it in a furnace
16. When God asked one of His Angels to bring Him the two most precious things in the city, what did the Angel bring?
(A) The gold leaves and the ruby
(B) The sapphire eyes and the beautiful satin gown
(C) The leaden heart and the dead bird
(D) The statue’s pedestal and the cathedral tower
Answer
Answer: (C) The leaden heart and the dead bird