Sample QuestionsUnit - 10 : The Great Stone Face – II questions
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From there could be seen the Great Stone Face.
All through life I have awaited the fulfillment of a prophecy.
The poet laid his finger on the book.
He found the good old man holding a book in his hand.
He had spent the greater part of his life in distant cities.
What was Ernest still hoping for?
- ✓
Some wiser and better man than himself would appear someday bearing a resemblance to the Great Stone Face.
- B
Some divine person from heaven
- C
- D
Answer: A.
View full solution →What did the poet announce Ernest as ?
Answer: C.
View full solution →What are the mists around the Great Stone Face compared to ?
Answer: A.
View full solution →When the poet visited Ernest, he addressed him with the words $... $
Answer: D.
View full solution →People had a great regard for Ernest not only for his wisdom but also for his $... $
Answer: D.
View full solution →At the hour of sunset, as had long been his custom. Ernest was to speak to a group of neighbours in the open air. Together he and the poet went to the meeting place, arm in arm. From there could be seen the Great Stone Face.
Ernest threw a look of familiar kindness around upon his audience. He began to speak to the people what was in his heart and mind. His words had power, because they agreed with his thoughts; and his thoughts had reality and depth, because they harmonised with the life which he had always lived. It was not mere breath that the preacher uttered; they were the words of life. A life of good deeds and selfless love was melted into them. The poet, as he listened, felt that the life and character of Ernest were a nobler strain of poetry than he had ever written. His eyes filled with tears and he said to himself that never was there so worthy a sage as that mild, sweet, thoughtful face, with the glory of white hair diffused about it.
Questions:
$(1)$ What did Ernest use to do at sunset$?$
$(2)$ What was special about Ernest's speech$?$
$(3)$ What do you understand by the word 'strain' used in this passage $?$
$(4)$ What was the impression of Ernest's speech on the poet$?$
View full solution →Now it happened that the poet, though he lived so far away, had not only heard of Ernest but had thought much about his character and wished to meet this man whose wisdom walked hand in hand with the noble simplicity of his life. One summer day. therefore, he arrived at Ernest's door, where he found the good old man holding a book in his hand, which he read and, then, with a finger between the leaves, looked lovingly at the Great Stone Face.
"Good evening," said the poet. "Can you give a traveller a night's shelter ?"
"Gladly," answered Ernest; and then he added, smiling, "I think I never saw the Great Stone Face look so hospitably at a stranger."
Questions:
$(1)$ Why was the poet eager to see Ernest$?$
$(2)$ What was Ernest doing when the poet visited him$?$
$(3)$ What request did the poet make to Ernest$?$
$(4)$ What did Ernest observe while welcoming the visitor $?$
View full solution →The years hurried on, and brought white hairs upon the head of Ernest, and made wrinkles across his forehead and furrows in his cheeks. He was an old man. But not in vain had he grown old; more numerous than the white hairs on his head were the wise thoughts in his mind. And Ernest had ceased to be obscure. Unsought for, undesired, had come the fame which so many seek. He had become famous beyond the limits of the valley. College professors, and even the active men of cities, came from far to see and converse with Ernest, and he received them with gentle sincerity, and spoke freely with them of whatever came uppermost, or lay deepest in his heart or their own. While they talked together, his face would brighten, unawares, and shine upon them, as with a mild evening light.
Questions:
$(1)$ What does the first line of the passage indicate $?$
$(2)$ What comparison is made in the passage $?$
$(3)$ Give another expression for And Ernest had ceased to be obscure'.
$(4)$ Give the meaning of the phrase 'hurried on'.
View full solution →Describe in brief Ernests reaction on three occasions when Gathergold, General Blood-and-Thunder and the poet came to the valley.
How did Ernest feel when people hailed him as the likeness of the Stone Face ?
Give a character sketch of Ernest.
What made the poet proclaim Ernest was the Stone Face ? -
What did the poet himself say about his thoughts and poems?
The poet realised that Ernest's thoughts were far nobler than his own verses..........
The poet along with Ernest addressed the inhabitants of the valley.
When Ernest and the poet met, they respected and admired each other equally.
The Great Stone Face confirmed Ernest's view that the poet could be worthy of its likeness.
Total strangers from far away, who visited Ernest in the valley, found his face familiar.
The poet $…………..1…………$ (sit) down beside him, ‘ and he and Ernest talked together. Never before $……………….2……………$ the poet $……………2……………$ (talk) with a man like Ernest, so wise, and gentle, and kind. Ernest, on the other hand, $…………3……………$ (move) by the living images $……………………4……………..$ (Jing) out of the poet’s mind.
View full solution →At the hour of sunset, as had long ……………$1$……….. (be) his custom, Ernest was …………$2$……………. (speak) to a group of neighbours in the open air. Together he and the poet ………….$3$…………… (go) to the : meeting place, arm in arm. From there ………….$4$………….. (can + see) the Great Stone Face.
View full solution →(moved, talked, beside, images, gentle, together) The poet sat down ……………$1$…………. him, and he and Ernest talked …………$2$………….. . Never before had the poet ………………..$3$…………….. with a man like Ernest, so wise, and …………..$4$………………. , and kind. Ernest, on the other hand, was ……………$5$……………. by the living …………..$6$…………… flung out of the poet’s mind.
View full solution →(furrows, thoughts, wrinkles, grown, hurried, numerous) The years ……………$1$………… on, and brought white hairs upon the head of Ernest, and made …………..$2$………….. across his forehead and …………..$3$…………… in his cheeks. He was an old man. But not in vain had he ………….$.4$…………… old; more ………….$5$…………….. than the white hairs on his head were the wise ………….$6$……….. in his mind.
View full solution →The rain poured down in a torrent, but by and by, the clouds thinned and the sun eventually came out again.
(after a while, in a long run, without any sign)
The garden has been designed to harmonize with the natural landscape.
(be suitable with, beautify, meet the requirements of)
These plans are destined to fail as they have been chalked out unscientifically.
(sure to, likely to, uncertain to)
The two drugs work hand in hand to combat the disease.
(jointly, adversely, satisfactorily)
They tried in vain to persuade her to go.
(their level best, uselessly, quite sincerely)
Ernest threw a look of familiar kindness around $…………..1…………..$ his audience. He began to speak to the people $…………..2…………..$ was in his heart $………….3………….$ mind. His words had power, $………….4…………..$ they agreed $…………..5………….$ his thoughts; s and his thoughts had reality and depth, because they harmonised with the life $…………..6…………..$ he had always lived.
View full solution →Now it happened $…………..1……………$ the poet, $………….2………….$ he lived so far away, had not only heard of Ernest $………….3……………$ had thought much $………….4………………$ his character and wished to meet this mein $…………….5………………$ wisdom walked hand in hand $…………6…………$ the noble simplicity of his life.
View full solution →But my life, dear Ernest, has not corresponded with my thoughts. (Turn into Affirmative.)
He shook his head and sighed. (Use Not only … but also.)
You have read these poems (Add a Question Tag.)
The face seemed to smile, but did not answer. (Use ‘Though’.)
And Ernest had not continued to be obscure.
“Why are you sad ?” inquired the poet.
“Because,” replied Ernest, “all through life I have awaited the fulfilment of a prophecy, and when I read these poems, I hoped that it might be fulfilled in you.”
“You hoped,” answered the poet, faintly smiling, “to find in me the likeness of the Great Stone Face. I am not worthy to be its likeness.”
“Good evening,” said the poet.. “Can you give a traveller a night’s shelter?”
“Gladly,” answered Ernest; and then he added, smiling, “I think I never saw the Great Stone Face look so hospitably at a stranger.!’