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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best summarizes how the “learned men” of the kingdom answer his questions?
Their answers are similar.
Their answers are unified and concise.
Their answers are contradictory.
Their answers are too varied for the king to decide
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements summarizes the most likely relationship between these answers and the people who answered them?
The answers most likely reflect what the people learned from their own masters.
The answers most likely reflect each person’s own values and occupations.
The answers most likely support what would be best for the individuals’ lifestyles and gain.
None of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
The bearded man came...
to get the reward from the King for answering his questions.
to ask the hermit questions.
to find the King to warn him of danger.
to kill the King.
- 4. Multiple Choice
This story was designed to...
teach a lesson
spread awareness about a topic
tell a story
entertain
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the most important occupation according to the hermit?
Warfare
Science
Priests
Doing good to others
- 6. Multiple Choice
The opening line/paragraph indicates what about the king?
"It once occurred to a certain king, that if he always knew the right time to begin everything; if he knew who were the right people to listen to, and whom to avoid; and, above all, if he always knew what was the most important thing to do, he would never fail in anything he might undertake."
He is a dictator.
He is wise.
He wants to do the right thing.
He wants power and control.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What problems does the king face?
The answers given were too many and too varied.
The people who answered his questions were not wise, but common folk.
No one wanted to answer the king's request for fear of being wrong.
The answers given were too complicated for the king to understand.
- 8. Multiple Choice
How does the Hermit react to the king's questions?
by asking him to do a day's labor in return for the answers
by telling him to wait for the answers to come to him
by ignoring them and continuing to dig
by ignoring him and complaining about how tired he is
- 9. Multiple Choice
How does the king react to the bearded man?
He shies away from the man's blood and lets the hermit decide what to do.
The king and the hermit work tirelessly to save the man's life.
He calls for his bodyguard and has the man brought back to his kingdom for care.
The king is too tired from working to help the hermit bandage the man's wound.
- 10. Multiple Choice
An event happens that we wouldn’t expect to happen.
dramatic irony
Verbal irony
sarcasm
situational irony
- 11. Multiple Choice
According to the hermit, when was the right thing to do something?
Now
When the council decided
The right time would be decided according to a table of days, months, and years.
It is impossible to determine the right thing to do something.
- 12. Multiple Choice
According the hermit, who are the right people to listen to?
The people that you are with
Counselors
Priests
Doctors
- 13. Multiple Choice
According to the hermit, what is the most important thing to do?
to do good and help people
science
skill in warfare
religious service
- 14. Multiple Choice
At the end of the story the reader can conclude that....
The king will reward the hermit generously.
The king was satisfied with the answers as explained by the hermit.
The king will now stop his quest for knowledge and power.
Tolstoy only included characters with beards.
- 15. Multiple Choice
What feelings are revealed by the bearded man’s confession? Choose the best answer.
Regret and gratitude
Hate and anger
Thankfulness and happiness
sadness and regret
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which character remains unchanged/static throughout the entire story?
king
Bearded man
Hermit
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