Chapter 10: The Great Stone Face – II

1. Who is the writer of the story “The Great Stone Face-I and II”?

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Shashikant Das
  • Ernest
  • Rudyard Kipling
Answer
Nathaniel Hawthorne

2. How did he receive his visitors?

  • Gently
  • Poorly
  • Rudely
  • None of the above
Answer
Gently

3. What do you mean by customary toil?

  • Customs
  • Traditions
  • Usual work
  • Exceptional work
Answer
Usual work

4. When did the poet visit Ernest?

  • Summers
  • Winters
  • Spring
  • Autumn
Answer
Summers

5. Who did he celebrate in his poems?

  • Himself
  • The Great Stone Face
  • Ernest
  • Valley
Answer
The Great Stone Face

6. “more numerous than the white hairs on his head were the _____ thoughts in his mind.“

  • Negative
  • Good
  • Daily
  • wise
Answer
wise

7. Whose wisdom walked hand in hand with the noble simplicity of his life?

  • Poet
  • Ernest
  • Shopkeeper
  • None of the above
Answer
Ernest

8. Did the Great Stone Face bend to listen to the poet?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Maybe
  • Maybe not
Answer
No

9. What was Ernest doing when the poet saw him?

  • Reading a book
  • Holding a book
  • Looking at the Great Stone Face
  • All of the Above
Answer
All of the Above

10. Was Ernest famous?

  • Yes
  • No
  • Maybe
  • Not mentioned in the story
Answer
Yes