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MCQ Question and Answer

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. What brightened all its features?

A. Torchlight
B. Moonlight
C. Sunlight
D. Snow

Answer: C. Sunlight

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. “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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Ernest was __________.

A. Industrious
B. Kind
C. Neighbourly
D. All of the Above

Answer: D. All of the Above

  1. “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

  1. 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

  1. Who was Blood-and-Thunder?

A. Commander
B. Shopkeeper
C. Farmer
D. Teacher

Answer: A. Commander

  1. Who did the Great Stone Face become for Ernest?

A. Friend
B. Teacher
C. Enemy
D. Mentor

Answer: D. Mentor

  1. 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

  1. One would lose the outline if they went too __________.

A. Far
B. Near
C. Low
D. High

Answer: B. Near

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. At what time did Ernest and his mother sit outside their cottage?

A. Sunset
B. Sunrise
C. Midnight
D. Dawn

Answer: D. Dawn

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Who did the Great Stone Face become for Ernest?

A. Friend
B. Teacher
C. Enemy
D. Mentor

Answer: D. Mentor

  1. 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

  1. 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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