Clever Wife (All Questions and Answers)
A. Choose the correct options to answer the questions.
1. The wodsman had .......... sons.
- four
- two
- six
- three
Answer: three
2. The wise man sent a ......... into the foreset.
- fakir
- prince
- magician
- soldier
Answer: fakir
3. The fakir turned the four men into ........
- trees
- stones
- animals
- water
Answer: stones
4. The woodsman's ...... was very clever.
- aunt
- daughter
- wife
- mother
Answer: wife
B. Tick the correct statement and cross the wrong statement.
1. The woodsman was very poor. (✔)2. The king wanted to reward the clever woman. (✔)
3. The third son succeeded in solving the riddle. (X)
4. The clever woman was also turned into stone. (X)
C. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct words from the brackets.
1. The fakir was a sufi mystic. (catholic/sufi)
2. The men asked the fakir about their future. (future/past)
3. The wife answered all the riddles correctly. (correctly/incorrectly)
4. The king sent the clever wife a bag of gold. (gold/silver)
D. Answer each question in 35-40 words.
1. What great gift did the woodsman and his wife have?
Answer: The woodsman's wife had one great gift. she was so clever that she could answer any type of questions and solve any problems.
2. Who went to the fakir after the third son? Why?
Answer: After the third son, the woodsman himself went to the fakir. He went in search of his three sons and wanted to know about his feature.
3. What did the cow and her calf symbolize?
Answer: The fakir conjured up the cow and calf, and the woodsman's wife. this scene symbolize the lazy woman who lives off her child, she said, like a neighbours of ours.
4. What would have happened if the wife had failed to answer the riddles?
Answer: If the wife had failed to answer the riddles, she would also turned into the stones.
E. Answer each questions in 50-60 words.
1. What did the king want from the wise men?
Answer: The king had heard of a wise woman and wanted to know more about her, so he called all his wise men to court. If there is a woman who is this wise, I want to reward her, said the king. But if this is untrue, we must punish her and here family. We cannot have these rumours flying.
2. What did the woodsman tell his eldest son?
Answer: The woodsman told his eldest son. 'Go find out your future.'
3. What vision did the fakir show the second son?
Answer: The fakir showed the second son a scene of a calf and her mother, a healthy cow. But the calf was not drinking from her mother. Rather, the cow was drinking milk from her calf. Then the scene magically vanished.
4. How did the clever wife answer the last riddle?
Answer: The clever answered the last riddle and said 'this is the way of the world. Often, one person gives all that he has and receives nothing in return, until he is empty and has nothing more to offer.'
F. Answer each question in 60-80 Words.
1. What did the king want and why?
Answer: The king wanted to know more about her, so he called all his wise men to court. If there is a woman who is this wise, I want to reward her, said the king. But if this is untrue, we must punish her and here family. We cannot have these rumours flying.
2. Why did the fakir turn the clever wife's sons and husband into stone?
Answer: The fakir had to find the cleverest woman, when the clever wife's son and husband failed to explain the scene which the fakir conjured up, he turned up his sons and husband into the stones.
3. How was the clever wife rewarded? Did she deserve it?
Answer: When the king learned that the woodsman's wife was clever indeed, he sent her a big bag of gold. The family lived happily ever after, grateful to their king for his reward, but most grateful of all to the cleverest woman in the land.
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