Question

Read the following passage and do the activities.

B1. State whether the following statements are True or False in context to the passage.

1. The king helped his friend who was wounded.
2. The weather was hot and humid.

Meanwhile, the sun had set and it had become cool. So the king, with the hermit's help, carried the wounded man into the hut. The man lay there quietly with his eyes closed. By now, the king was so tired after his walk and the work he had done, that he laid down himself and soon fell asleep. When he awoke in the morning, it took him some time to remember where he was and who was the strange bearded man lying by his side and gazing intently at him. "Forgive me!" said the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the king was awake and was looking at him. "I do not know you, and I've nothing to forgive you for", said the king. "You do not know me, but I know you. I am that enemy of yours who swore to revenge himself on you because you executed his brother and seized his property. I knew you had gone alone to see the hermit, and I resolved to kill you on your way back. But the day passed and you did not return. So I came out of my ambush to find you. Your bodyguards recognized me and wounded me. I escaped from them but would have bled to death had you not dressed my wound. I wished to kill you but you have saved my life. Now it I live, and if you wish it, I'll serve you all my life." The king was very glad to have made peace with an enemy so easily and to have gained him for a friend. He not only forgave him but also said that he would send his men and his own physician to attend to him. The king then took leave of him and went out of the hut to look for the hermit.

B2. Complete the word web in context with the king's qualities as understood from the passage.

B3. Find out the words from the passage which mean:

1. Showing great attention to something.
2. Kill someone as a legal punishment.
3. To hide and wait for someone in order to attack them.

B4. Convert the words as directed.

1. Write the noun form of 'quietly'.
2. Write the adjective form of 'forgive'.

B5. Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king's arrival but also about the attack by his enemy?

Answer 1

B1.

1. False
2. False

B2.

B3.

1. Intently
2. Executed
3. Ambush

B4.

1. Quiet
2. Forgiving

B5. The king was in search of the three questions for which he had become an ascetic. The hermit requested the king to wait for the answers because he was aware of the king's presence and attack but chose to remain silent. The hermit wanted the king to learn the solutions via experience rather than from words because he was aware of the impending catastrophe.