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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, DURGAPUR

CLASS- IX
ENGLISH LITERATURE TERM 2 ASSIGNMENT-3
TOPIC-THE HAPPY PRINCE

Note: All the question and answers have to be written down in the fair notebooks.

Q1. Where was the statue?


Ans. The statue of the Happy Prince was on a tall pillar at a high place in the city. It was a beautiful
statue. It was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold. For eyes it had two sapphires.

Q2. Where was the swallow going? Why did he stop there?
Ans. The swallow was going to Egypt. His friends had gone to Egypt six weeks before but he had
stayed behind. So he was going to join them. He stopped near the statue to take some rest during
the night. There was plenty of air. So he stopped there.

Q3. Why did the Happy Prince ask the swallow to stay?
Ans. The Happy Prince told the swallow that he wanted to help the poor but he could not move as
his feet were fastened to the pedestal. He requested the swallow to stay there and take the ruby to the
seamstress.

Q4. What happened to the swallow in the end?


Ans. The swallow decided to help the people through the Happy Prince. He stayed there for many
days. Now the winter had come and there was frost all around. In the end, the swallow died due to
frost. The weather was so bad for him that he could not survive.

Q5. What happened to the Happy Prince’s leaden heart?


Ans. Happy Prince’s leaden heart did not melt in the furnace. It was thrown away. The angels
considered the leaden heart the most precious thing in the city. They took it to the heaven.

Q6. Why did the workmen at the foundry throw the leaden heart?
Ans. The workmen at the foundry threw the leaden heart on the heap of garbage, because it did not
melt in the furnace. They found it useless.

Q7. How did God reward the prince and the swallow?
Ans. God rewarded the Happy Prince and the swallow by giving them a place in heaven. The
swallow will sing forever in the garden of paradise and the Happy Prince will live in the city of gold.

Q8. Why did the Swallow cry when the Happy Prince asked him to pluck out one of the sapphires?
Ans. When the happy Prince asked the swallow to pluck out one of the sapphires from his eyes he
felt that that it was really a cruel and painful task. He was aggrieved to such a heartless job, so he
cried.

Extrapolatory Question:
Q9. ‘Goodness can never be destroyed.’ Do you agree? Discuss with reference to the story ‘The
Happy Prince’.

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