Notes - 1. The Three Questions

GRADE – VIII SUB – ENGLISH
Lesson No. – 1. The Three Questions

By – Leo Tolstoy
About the Author:
Leo Tolstoy was born on 9th Sept1828 and Died on 20th Nov, 1910. He was one of the world’s renowned
Russian writers who became famous through his epic novels like War and Peace and Anna Karenina. He
was also a teacher, a soldier and a political and religious thinker. His ideas on non-violent resistance to evil,
expressed in The Kingdom of God is Within You, had a deep impact on leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and
Martin Luther King Jr.
Concept Map:
Problem Raised:
Characters: The King wanted to know the
1. The King
answers of his three questions: 1.
2. The Learned Men
What is the right time for any
3. 3. A Hermit
4. An Injured Enemy action? 2. Who is the right person
to be consulted for advice? 3.
What affairs is the most
The Three important to do?
Questions
Solution:
To the questions of the Kings,
Outcome: the councillors tried to answer.
1.Value of Kindness But it was a hermit who
2. Importance of Time and answered aptly to his questions.
Time Management Setting/Plot:
3. Environmental Care Kings Court and
Hermit’s Hut in a Forest
Glossary:
Proclaimed – Announced officially or publicly
Council – A group of people who are elected to advise the King or governor
Hermit – A person living in solitude as a religious discipline
Dismounted – Got off
Renowned – Known/ famous
Frail – delicate
Feebly – lacking strength or force
Crouched – bent forward
Intently – attentively closely
Executed – carried out a sentence of death
Ambush – a hiding place
Make Sentences:
Unfastened: The king unfastened the bandaged of the injured man.
Undertake: The men undertake an important task of saving the man.
Beforehand: The boy kept his materials ready for display beforehand.
Textual Questions and Answers:
A1. Choose the correct options to answer the questions:
1. What did the King promise in exchange of answers to his questions?
Ans: B – reward
2. Which of these did the King not receive as an answer for the most important occupation?
Ans: C – skill in warfare
3. Whom did the King eventually decide to consult for the answers?
Ans: A – a hermit
4. What was the hermit doing when the King saw him first?
Ans: D – digging
A2. Answer these questions:
1. What were the three questions that the King wanted answers for?
Ans: The three questions that the King wanted to answers for were:
a) How to do the right thing at the right time?
b) Who are the people he needed the most?
c) What affairs are the most important and needed his attention first?
2. Could the learned men and magicians help? Why or why not?
Ans: None of the learned men could help the king with his questions because they all had different
opinions and rather less experienced. All their answers mismatched with each other.
3. Why did the King dress as a commoner to meet the hermit?
Ans: The King dressed as a common man because the hermit welcomed only the common men.
4. Who was the man who came running out of the woods?
Ans: The man who came running out of the woods was the king’s enemy.
5. What were the answers to the King’s three questions?
Ans: The answers were:
The only important time is ‘Now’ because that is the only time in our control.
The most important people are those who are with you right now.
The most important task is to do good because that is the ultimate motive of our life.
A3. Answer these questions with reference to the context:
1. ‘Now, if I live, and if you wish it, I will serve you as your most faithful slave and will bid my sons
do the same. Forgive me.’
a) Who are ‘I’ and ‘You’ here?
Ans: ‘I’ is the enemy and ‘you’ is the king.
b) How are the two of them connected?
Ans: The King had executed this man’s brother and seized his property.
c) Why is the speaker asking for forgiveness?
Ans: The speaker is asking for the forgiveness because he had intended to kill the king but the king
saved his life.
2. ‘You have already been answered.’
a) Who had already been answered?
Ans: The King had already been answered.
b) What answer is referred to here?
Ans: the answers that the King was looking for is referred here.
c) Do you think the answer is appropriate? Why?
Ans: Yes. The answer is appropriate because it is based on experiences and practical knowledge.
A4. Think and Answer:
1. Hermits live without social interaction yet they can offer practical advice. What makes this
possible?
Ans: Since a hermit is away from the social world, they are not driven by worldly attractions. They learn
through their experiences and believe good deeds and actions and living a meaningful life.
2. Write a brief note on the character of the King.
Ans: Some characteristics of the King: kind, helpful, forgiving, curious, patient, etc. (Explain in detail)
3. What is the moral of the story? Discuss.
Ans: The moral of the story is in order to lead a meaningful, exemplary and successful life, one should
value time, the people around and be kind.
Topic in Writing Skills
Story Writing:
Imagine. You are a king who has three curious questions. Write a story in about 120-150 words describing your
three questions and how you get the answers to them.

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