In The Kingdome of Fool

 In The Kingdome of Fool 

Questions from Text Book 

Q. What are the two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the Kingdom of Fools?

Ans.  The two strange things the guru and his disciple find in the kingdom of fools were that people would sleep in the day and work in the right. Everything was priced a single duddu, whether the thing was small or big.

Q2. Why does the disciple decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? Is a good idea?

Ans. The disciple decides to stay in the Kingdom of Fools because everything is cheap there. He thinks he would eat to his fill in this kingdom. No, it is not a good idea.

Q3. Name all the people who are tried in the king’s court, and give the reasons for their trial.

Ans.  Various persons are tried in the king’s court: the merchant, the bricklayer, the dancing girl, the goldsmith and again the merchant. Each one of them puts the blame for the death of the thief on the other.

Q4. Who is the real culprit according to the king? Why does he escape punishment?

Ans.  It was the rich man who was finally blamed. It was because his father was thought to be the real ‘murderer’ of the thief. He had died. But his son had inherited his property and his ‘sins’. So he was so die for his father’s crime. He escapes punishment because he is very thin and the stake cannot it him.

Q5.  What are the guru’s words of wisdom? When does the disciple remember them?

Ans. The guru advises his disciple not to stay back in the Kingdom of Fools because nothing can be predicted about the behaviour of the foolish people. The disciple remembers those words when his is going to be executed because he is fat to fit the stake.

Q6. How does the guru manage to save his disciple?

Ans. The guru and his disciple began to quarrel. The guru told the king that whoever was executed there would be king in the next birth. And the one who followed would be a minister. The king and his minister released the disciple and decided to die at the stake so that they could be king and minister respectively in the next birth, too. Thus the guru saved his disciple by befooling the king and his minister.

 

Additional Question

Short Answer Questions:

  1. Why the kingdom was called "the Kingdom of Fools"?
  2. What strange rule did the king and his ministers impose on the kingdom?
  3. How did the guru and his disciple react when they entered the Kingdom of Fools?
  4. Why was the disciple chosen to be executed instead of the merchant?
  5. What lesson does the story "In the Kingdom of Fools" teach?

Long Answer Questions:

1.    The disciple in the story "In the Kingdom of Fools" learns an important lesson about greed. Discuss how the theme of greed is portrayed in the story and how it affects the disciple’s fate.

2.    Explain the humor in the story "In the Kingdom of Fools." How does it highlight the absurdity of the situation in the kingdom?

Extract-Based Question:

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follows:

"One bright day, a thief broke into a rich merchant’s house. He had made a hole in the wall and sneaked in. As he was carrying out his loot, the wall of the old house collapsed on his head and killed him on the spot. The thief’s brother ran to the king and complained, ‘Your Highness, when my brother was pursuing his ancient trade, a wall fell on him and killed him.

(a)  Who was the victim in the accident?

(b)  What was the complaint made by the thief’s brother?

(c)  Why did the wall collapse?

(d)  Who was blamed for the thief’s death?

(e)  Why was it absurd for the thief’s brother to blame the merchant for the accident?

 

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