5. The Happy Prince
Multiple Choice Questions
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where was the statue of the Happy Prince located?
a) In a church
b) On a tall column above the city
c) Inside a palace
d) In the marketplace
Answer: b) On a tall column above the city
2. What was the Happy Prince's statue covered with?
a) Silver leaves
b) Fine gold leaves
c) Bronze sheets
d) Diamonds
Answer: b) Fine gold leaves
3. What were the eyes of the Happy Prince made of?
a) Emeralds
b) Diamonds
c) Sapphires
d) Rubies
Answer: c) Sapphires
4. What did the Happy Prince have on his sword hilt?
a) A diamond
b) A ruby
c) A sapphire
d) An emerald
Answer: b) A ruby
5. Why did the little swallow stay behind after his friends went to Egypt?
a) He was injured
b) He fell in love
c) He wanted to rest before leaving
d) He was waiting for the winter to end
Answer: c) He wanted to rest before leaving
6. Where did the swallow first decide to sleep in the city?
a) On a church tower
b) Between the feet of the Happy Prince
c) On a palace rooftop
d) In a chimney pot
Answer: b) Between the feet of the Happy Prince
7. What surprised the swallow when he was about to sleep?
a) The statue began to talk
b) It started raining
c) Drops of water fell on him
d) A storm approached
Answer: c) Drops of water fell on him
8. Why was the Happy Prince weeping?
a) He was lonely
b) He saw the misery and ugliness of the city
c) He was being melted
d) He missed his life in the palace
Answer: b) He saw the misery and ugliness of the city
9. What did the swallow notice about the Happy Prince's face?
a) It was glowing with happiness
b) It was dark and dull
c) It was beautiful in the moonlight
d) It was cracked and broken
Answer: c) It was beautiful in the moonlight
10. Who did the Happy Prince see in a poor house sewing a gown for the Queen’s maid?
a) A poor seamstress
b) A maid of honor
c) A sick boy
d) A tired grandmother
Answer: a) A poor seamstress
11. What was the seamstress's child suffering from?
a) Hunger
b) A fever
c) A cold
d) Smallpox
Answer: b) A fever
12. What did the child ask his mother for?
a) Water
b) Oranges
c) Milk
d) Bread
Answer: b) Oranges
13. What did the Happy Prince ask the swallow to take to the seamstress?
a) His sapphire eye
b) A gold leaf
c) The ruby from his sword
d) A golden feather
Answer: c) The ruby from his sword
14. Why did the swallow agree to stay one more night?
a) He was too tired to fly
b) He pitied the Happy Prince
c) He had no other place to stay
d) He missed his friends
Answer: b) He pitied the Happy Prince
15. What did the swallow do for the sick boy?
a) Fanned him with his wings
b) Gave him water
c) Brought him food
d) Told him a story
Answer: a) Fanned him with his wings
16. How did the boy react when the swallow fanned him?
a) He started crying
b) He fell asleep peacefully
c) He asked for more water
d) He laughed
Answer: b) He fell asleep peacefully
17. What did the playwright the Happy Prince saw lack?
a) Inspiration to write
b) Firewood and food
c) Money to publish his work
d) A pen to write his play
Answer: b) Firewood and food
18. What did the Happy Prince give to the young playwright?
a) His ruby
b) One of his sapphire eyes
c) A gold leaf
d) A precious ring
Answer: b) One of his sapphire eyes
19. How did the playwright react when he found the sapphire?
a) He sold it immediately
b) He wept out of joy
c) He thought it came from a secret admirer
d) He threw it away
Answer: c) He thought it came from a secret admirer
20. What was the matchgirl afraid of?
a) Getting lost in the city
b) Her father would beat her for not bringing money
c) The snowstorm
d) Being hungry
Answer: b) Her father would beat her for not bringing money
21. What was the young playwright's issue?
a) He was too cold and hungry to work
b) He lost his job
c) His house was destroyed
d) He was sick with fever
Answer: a) He was too cold and hungry to work
22. What did the swallow bring to the playwright?
a) Ruby
b) Sapphire
c) Gold leaves
d) None of the above
Answer: b) Sapphire
23. Why did the playwright feel happy after receiving the sapphire?
a) He could now finish his play
b) He bought new clothes
c) He went on a vacation
d) He received appreciation
Answer: a) He could now finish his play
24. What did the swallow plan to do after delivering the sapphire?
a) Fly to Egypt
b) Stay with the Happy Prince
c) Help the poor
d) Fly to another city
Answer: a) Fly to Egypt
25. Why did the swallow decide to stay with the Happy Prince another night?
a) The Happy Prince requested him to
b) He wanted to rest
c) He liked the city
d) He was tired
Answer: a) The Happy Prince requested him to
26. What happened to the matchgirl’s matches?
a) They got wet in the gutter
b) She sold all of them
c) She lit them to stay warm
d) She gave them away
Answer: a) They got wet in the gutter
27. What did the Happy Prince give to the matchgirl?
a) His other sapphire eye
b) A gold leaf
c) A ruby
d) Silver coins
Answer: a) His other sapphire eye
28. How did the matchgirl react when she found the sapphire?
a) She thought it was a lovely piece of glass
b) She sold it immediately
c) She gave it to her father
d) She threw it away
Answer: a) She thought it was a lovely piece of glass
29. What did the swallow decide after the Happy Prince became blind?
a) To stay with him forever
b) To continue his journey to Egypt
c) To fly to another city
d) To look for another statue
Answer: a) To stay with him forever
30. What did the swallow do after the Prince lost all his gold?
a) Gave it to the poor
b) Ate it
c) Used it to fly to Egypt
d) Buried it
Answer: a) Gave it to the poor
31. How did the swallow keep warm during the cold winter?
a) He flapped his wings
b) He found shelter in a chimney
c) He ate crumbs from the baker’s shop
d) He wrapped himself in gold leaves
Answer: c) He ate crumbs from the baker’s shop
32. What happened to the swallow in the end?
a) He died
b) He flew to Egypt
c) He was rescued by children
d) He turned into a statue
Answer: a) He died
33. What caused the Happy Prince’s leaden heart to break?
a) The death of the swallow
b) The cold weather
c) The removal of his gold
d) The destruction of the city
Answer: a) The death of the swallow
34. What did the Mayor and Town Councillors decide about the Happy Prince’s statue?
a) To remove it because it looked shabby
b) To repair it
c) To build a new one
d) To leave it as it is
Answer: a) To remove it because it looked shabby
35. How did the people view the Happy Prince after he lost his gold and jewels?
a) As a beggar
b) As a kind soul
c) As a king
d) As a poor statue
Answer: a) As a beggar
36. What happened to the statue after it was removed?
a) It was melted in a furnace
b) It was repaired
c) It was sent to a museum
d) It was thrown into the river
Answer: a) It was melted in a furnace
37. What did the workmen find strange about the statue?
a) The leaden heart would not melt
b) The gold was hard to remove
c) The statue was heavier than usual
d) The jewels were missing
Answer: a) The leaden heart would not melt
38. Where did the workmen throw the heart of the Happy Prince?
a) On a dust heap
b) In the river
c) In the garden
d) In a chest
Answer: a) On a dust heap
39. Who was lying near the Happy Prince’s broken heart on the dust heap?
a) The dead swallow
b) The Mayor
c) A poor child
d) A soldier
Answer: a) The dead swallow
40. What did God ask an Angel to bring Him?
a) The two most precious things in the city
b) Gold from the Happy Prince
c) The jewels from the statue
d) The workmen from the furnace
Answer: a) The two most precious things in the city
41. What were the two most precious things in the city according to the Angel?
a) The leaden heart and the dead swallow
b) The sapphire and the gold leaves
c) The ruby and the sapphire
d) The jewels and the matchgirl
Answer: a) The leaden heart and the dead swallow
42. What did God say about the leaden heart and the dead swallow?
a) They had rightly been chosen
b) They were ordinary objects
c) They were worthless
d) They should be melted
Answer: a) They had rightly been chosen
43. What reward did the swallow receive in the afterlife?
a) He sang in God’s garden forever
b) He became a prince
c) He became a golden statue
d) He lived in the city of gold
Answer: a) He sang in God’s garden forever
44. What reward did the Happy Prince receive in the afterlife?
a) He praised God in the city of gold
b) He was given new jewels
c) He became king of the city
d) He was repaired and restored
Answer: a) He praised God in the city of gold
45. What was the Happy Prince's message to the swallow throughout the story?
a) Help the poor and the suffering
b) Leave for Egypt soon
c) Stay with him forever
d) Fly to different lands
Answer: a) Help the poor and the suffering
46. What does the Happy Prince symbolize in the story?
a) Selflessness and compassion
b) Wealth and power
c) Beauty and art
d) Sadness and loneliness
Answer: a) Selflessness and compassion
47. What theme is highlighted by the relationship between the Happy Prince and the swallow?
a) The value of kindness and sacrifice
b) The power of wealth
c) The need for independence
d) The importance of friendship
Answer: a) The value of kindness and sacrifice
48. What is the significance of the swallow's refusal to leave the Happy Prince in the end?
a) Loyalty and love
b) Fear of Egypt
c) Desire for wealth
d) Disobedience
Answer: a) Loyalty and love
49. What lesson can be learned from the death of the swallow?
a) True love involves sacrifice
b) Birds should migrate on time
c) Statues can feel emotions
d) Wealth is temporary
Answer: a) True love involves sacrifice
50. What is the overall message of The Happy Prince?
a) Compassion and charity are the greatest virtues
b) Wealth brings happiness
c) Beauty fades with time
d) Power is the key to success
Answer: a) Compassion and charity are the greatest virtues
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