The Happy Prince Class 9 Worksheet English Moments Chapter 5

Multiple Choice Questions

Q1: Who came to live with the Prince in the story, The Happy Prince?
(a) A sparrow
(b) A stork
(c) A swallow
(d) A swan

Q2: What did the swallow notice while flying over the city?
(a) Many waste things
(b) Many poor people
(c) Many people and their plight
(d) The plight of the poor and greed of the rich

Q3: Who noticed the dull state of the Prince's statue in the story, The Happy Prince?
(a) The Art Professor
(b) The Town Clerk
(c) The Town Councillor
(d) The Mayor

Q4: What did the Prince tell the swallow to give to the seamstress In the story, The Happy Prince?
(a) The ruby of his sword's hilt
(b) The thin leaves of gold from his body
(c) The lead from his heart
(d) The sapphire eyes of his

Q5: The colour of the lips of the writer was red like ________.
(a) Cherry
(b) Rose
(c) Apple
(d) Pomegranate

Q6: What was the profession of the woman who was sitting in her cottage with prickled hands?
(a) Charwoman
(b) Cake-making
(c) Seamstress
(d) None of these

Q7: What moved Swallow’s heart?
(a) Happy Prince
(b) Happy Prince’s kindness
(c) All of these
(d) Happy Prince’s assets

Q8: The little swallow got the ________ bedroom.
(a) diamond
(b) silver
(c) muddy
(d) gold

Q9: Shining sapphire stones were placed in the ________ of the happy prince.
(a) nose
(b) forehead
(c) sword
(d) eyes

Q10: What was the Prince gilded over with In the story, The Happy Prince?
(a) Thin leaves of silver
(b) Thin leaves of copper
(c) Thin leaves of lead
(d) Thin leaves of gold

Very Short Answer

Questions

Q1: Describe the statue of the Happy Prince.
Q2: Did the swallow belong to the city? How can you tell? Where was it going?
Q3: Where did the bird decide to stay for the night? Why?
Q4: Why did the swallow agree to deliver the ruby even though he wanted to join his friends in Egypt?
Q5: What were the things that the swallow saw on his journey to deliver the ruby?

Short Answer Questions

Q 1: Why did the bird think he had a ‘golden bedroom’?
Q 2: Why was the bird not able to sleep peacefully that first night?
Q3: Why was the statue of the Happy Prince weeping?
Q4: Why did the swallow delay his departure for the second time?
Q5: What did the Prince expect the young playwright to do with the sapphire? Did the swallow willingly agree to the Prince’s request?

Long Answer Questions

Q1: What are the two most precious things that the Angels find in the city?
Q2: Comment on the title of the story. Was the prince really happy?
Q3: Why is the frost called a ‘dreadfully hard frost’?
Q4: Why did the courtiers call the prince the ‘Happy Prince’? Was he really happy? What does he see all around him?
Q5: How do the councillors and Mayor react on seeing the broken statue?

The solutions of the worksheet "Worksheet Solutions: The Happy Prince"