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Three Questions

NIOS · Class 12 · English

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1

About the Author and the Story

  • Leo Tolstoy's original name is Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy — he was a great Russian author.
  • The story was originally written in Russian and later translated into English by the Maudes.
  • First published in 1903 in the anthology 'What Men Live By, and Other Tales.'
2

The Three Questions – What the King Wanted to Know

  • The King believed that if he knew the answers to three questions, he would never fail in anything he undertook.
  • QUESTION 1: What is the RIGHT TIME to begin every action?
  • QUESTION 2: Who are the RIGHT PEOPLE to listen to and pay attention to?
3

Various Answers Given by Learned Men (Section II)

  • FOR QUESTION 1 (Right Time): Some said — prepare a timetable of days, months, years and follow it strictly. Others said — attend to what is going on and do what is needed. Some said — form a Council o
  • FOR QUESTION 2 (Right People): Some said — councilors. Others said — priests. Some said — doctors. Others said — warriors.
  • FOR QUESTION 3 (Most Important Thing): Some said — science. Others said — skill in warfare. Others said — religious worship.
4

The King Visits the Hermit (Section III)

  • The hermit lived in a wood and NEVER QUITTED it (never left the forest).
  • The hermit received ONLY COMMON FOLK — not kings or nobles.
  • So the King PUT ON SIMPLE CLOTHES (disguised himself as a common man).

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The King seeks answers to threeThe hermit's ultimate answer revealsThe hermit explains that the mostThe hermit's final answer isThe hermit is a wise sage

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