MCQ Question and Answer
- What did the Stone Face seem to tell Ernest?
A. Fear not
B. The man will come
C. Nothing
D. Both A and B
Answer: D. Both A and B
- Who was the second man they judged to be the man from the prophecy?
A. Gathergold
B. Blood-and-Thunder
C. Ernest
D. None of the Above
Answer: B. Blood-and-Thunder
- What brightened all its features?
A. Torchlight
B. Moonlight
C. Sunlight
D. Snow
Answer: C. Sunlight
- Who did people believe they owed the fertility of the valley to?
A. Ernest
B. Rainfall
C. The Great Stone Face
D. The Prophecy
Answer: C. The Great Stone Face
- What was the name of the first man they suspect to be the man from the prophecy?
A. Gathergold
B. Blood-and-Thunder
C. Ernest
D. None of the Above
Answer: A. Gathergold
- “They had only to lift their eyes and there it was, plain to be seen…”. “It” refers to __________.
A. The native valley
B. The Great Stone Face
C. The Great River
D. None of the above
Answer: B. The Great Stone Face
- What was Ernest doing when the man arrived?
A. Working
B. Gazing at the valley
C. Waiting to welcome him
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: B. Gazing at the valley
- Did Ernest ever forget the story his mother told him?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: B. No
- The wisdom that came to him was better than the one that can be learnt from __________.
A. Teacher
B. Friend
C. Enemy
D. Book
Answer: D. Book
- What did Ernest do after finishing the work of the day?
A. Go home
B. Gaze at the Great Stone Face
C. Play
D. See his friends
Answer: B. Gaze at the Great Stone Face
- What was folly but pardonable?
A. Ernest gazing at the valley
B. Ernest living an unremarkable life
C. Ernest being neighbourly
D. Ernest being diligent and hardworking
Answer: B. Ernest living an unremarkable life
- Did Blood-and-Thunder bear resemblance to the Great Stone Face?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: B. No
- What do you mean by “prophecy”?
A. A statement that tells what happened in the past
B. A statement that tells what will happen in the future
C. A statement that tells what is happening right now
D. Any statement
Answer: B. A statement that tells what will happen in the future
- Did Ernest know that the thoughts that came to him were of higher tone than what all men shared with him?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: A. Yes
- Ernest was __________.
A. Industrious
B. Kind
C. Neighbourly
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
- “But seen from a distance, the clouds clustering about it, the Great Stone Face seemed positively to be _____.”
A. Alive
B. Dead
C. Sleeping
D. Awake
Answer: A. Alive
- What was the Great Stone Face?
A. A pile of rocks that resembled a human face
B. A work of nature
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
Answer: C. Both A and B
- Who was Blood-and-Thunder?
A. Commander
B. Shopkeeper
C. Farmer
D. Teacher
Answer: A. Commander
- Who did the Great Stone Face become for Ernest?
A. Friend
B. Teacher
C. Enemy
D. Mentor
Answer: D. Mentor
- Why did Ernest want to live enough to see the prophecy come true?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: A. Yes
- One would lose the outline if they went too __________.
A. Far
B. Near
C. Low
D. High
Answer: B. Near
- Did Ernest want to live enough to see the prophecy come true?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: A. Yes
- Who saw nothing remarkable in Ernest’s way of living?
A. The Great Stone Face
B. Ernest
C. Gathergold
D. Inhabitants of the valley
Answer: C. Gathergold
- At what time did Ernest and his mother sit outside their cottage?
A. Sunset
B. Sunrise
C. Midnight
D. Dawn
Answer: D. Dawn
- What did the man resemble the Great Stone Face, according to Ernest?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: B. No
- Ernest was a happy and pensive child. What do you mean by the word “pensive”?
A. Thoughtful
B. Helpful
C. Beautiful
D. Grateful
Answer: A. Thoughtful
- What did the old prophecy say?
A. A man bearing the likeness of the Great Stone Face will come
B. The man will be the greatest and noblest of his time
C. The man will be born in the valley
D. All of the Above
Answer: D. All of the Above
- Who did the Great Stone Face become for Ernest?
A. Friend
B. Teacher
C. Enemy
D. Mentor
Answer: D. Mentor
- Who was the first man they suspect to be the man from the prophecy?
A. Gathergold
B. Blood-and-Thunder
C. Ernest
D. None of the Above
Answer: A. Gathergold
- What was Ernest doing when the man arrived?
A. Working
B. Gazing at the valley
C. Waiting to welcome him
D. Not mentioned in the story
Answer: B. Gazing at the valley
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