Test: Chapter - 8, Three Men in a Boat - Class 9 MCQ

When the gentleman saw Harris and Jim on his property, he told them they were trespassing and that it was his duty to turn them off. However, instead of asking them to leave, he said he would consult his master and went away. It was later revealed that he was trying to blackmail them for a shilling.

Harris and Jim were angry that the owner of the property allowed someone to blackmail them. Harris even went as far as saying he wanted to kill the owner, but it was because he believed the owner was responsible for the gentleman's behavior.

Despite everyone telling him he couldn't sing, Harris believed he was a great singer and even had it as a fixed idea that he could sing a comic song.

The young German student was not happy when people started laughing at his song, which turned out to be a tragic one. He ended the song amidst their laughter, got up, swore at them, and danced and shook his fists. He said that he had never been so insulted in all his life.

The song Herr Slossenn Boschen sang at the party was not actually a funny one but a tragic one. It was about a young girl who had given up her life to save her lover's soul.

The two young German students disappeared after the party because they had taken revenge for being considered common persons. They had tricked everyone into thinking the song was a funny one, but it turned out to be tragic.

Jim was reminded of an incident at a fashionable and highly cultured party where two young students had brought in a German professor named Herr Slossenn Boschen to sing his great German comic song. However, as the song progressed, it became clear that it was not a comic song at all but was about a young girl who had given up her life to save her lover's soul. Despite this, most of the listeners seemed to be laughing, and as the laughter grew louder, the German professor became angry and ended the song amidst their laughter. This incident revealed the inner workings of the human mind, where people often laugh without understanding the true meaning of the situation.

When the gentleman in short sleeves and a short pipe came along and told Harris and Jim that they were trespassing, he asked for a shilling and was trying to blackmail them. The narrator wanted to kill the owner for allowing such a situation to happen, whereas Harris wanted to kill the gentleman, his family, friends, relatives, and burn down his house.

The late Duchess of York, who lived at Oatlands Park, was very fond of dogs and had a special graveyard made for the large number of dogs she had kept.

When they saw George's blazer on one of the lock gates at Weybridge, he had a banjo with him. George thought it was very easy to learn the banjo.