Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy
Multiple Choice Question from ‘Three Questions’ by Leo Tolstoy
1. The Tsar wanted answers to the three questions so that he would be –
(a) rich
(b) powerful
(c) successful
(d) satisfied
Answer: (c) successful
2. The Tsar asked the hermit-
(a) one question
(b) two questions
(c) three questions
(d) four questions
Answer: (c) three questions
3. The Tsar met a wounded man who was his –
(a) relative
(b) enemy
(c) friend
(d) brother
Answer: (b) enemy
4. The title ‘Tsar’ belonged to-
(a) the King of Russia
(b) the King of Japan
(c) the President of Russia
(d) the Prime Minister of Great Britain
Answer: (a) the King of Russia
5. The Tsar met the hermit in –
(a) summer
(b) winter
(c) rainy season
(d) spring
Answer: (a) summer
6. The hermit was-
(a) tall and weak
(b) short and weak
(c) frail and strong
(d) frail and weak
Answer: (d) frail and weak
7. The Tsar agreed with none of the learned men because –
(a) they failed to answer
(b) they gave wrong answers
(c) they answered differently
(d) they answered the same
Answer: (c) they answered differently
8. The hermit never quitted-
(a) the cottage he lived in
(b) the wood he lived in
(c) the road he could see
(d) the retreat he lived in
Answer: (b) the wood he lived in
9. The bearded man asked for:
(a) water
(b) property
(c) forgiveness
(d) money
Answer: (c) forgiveness
10. The wounded man was the Tsar’s-
(a) enemy
(b) bosom friend
(c) minister
(d) relative
Answer: (a) enemy
11. The answers of the hermit-
(a) satisfied the king
(b) failed to satisfy the king
(c) confused the king
(d) amused the king
Answer: (a) satisfied the king
12. The bearded man was wounded by-
(a) the Tsar’s son
(b) the Tsar’s friend
(c) the Tsar himself
(d) the Tsar’s bodyguard
Answer: (d) the Tsar’s bodyguard
13. The most important business is to
(a) make money
(b) chair the meeting
(c) to do good
(d) rule
Answer: (c) do good
14. According to the hermit the most important time is
(a) our past
(b) our future
(c) our present
(d) tomorrow
Answer: (c) our present
15. The answers of the hermit-
(a) satisfied the king
(b) failed to satisfy the king
(c) confused the king
(d) amused the king
Answer: (a) satisfied the king
16. The man wanted to avenge the death of his-
(a) brother
(b) father
(c) uncle
(d) son
Answer: (a) brother
17. The king was happy that-
(a) he had won a friend
(b) he had killed his enemy
(c) his action had pleased
(d) his enemy was wounded the hermit
Answer: (a) he had won a friend
18. The hermit lived-
(a) near a river
(b) beside a mountain
(c) in a cave
(d) in a wood
Answer: (d) in a wood
19. The king went to see the hermit in-
(a) his cage
(b) simple clothes
(c) his cave
(d) a hurry
Answer: (b) simple clothes
20. The Tsar slept-
(a) on the threshold
(b) beside the bed
(c) underneath a tree
(d) on a cot
Answer: (a) on the threshold