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1st Year English Chapter 10 TestUNIT 10: The Punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the Builder

30 marks · 40 minutes · 21 questions. Covers: UNIT 10: The Punishment of Shahpesh, the Persian, on Khipil, the Builder.

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1st Year English Chapter 10 Test

1st Year · English · Punjab (PTB)

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Q1. Multiple choice questions (Attempt all · 10 × 1 = 10)

  1. How long was Khipil made to go without water?

    1. One day

    2. Three days and nights

    3. A week

    4. Ten days

  2. Khipil walked with remonstrating members.

    1. Shining

    2. Tired

    3. Protesting

    4. Hidden

  3. Khipil said, "I met neighbours, accosting them civilly."

    1. Ignoring

    2. Stopping

    3. Addressing

    4. Insulting

  4. Shahpesh's palace was thought to fill foreign kings with the distraction of envy.

    1. Comfort

    2. Cold

    3. Unrest

    4. Quite

  5. What central idea about language does the story convey?

    1. Words can build empires

    2. Language is more powerful than action

    3. Talk without work leads to downfall

    4. Poetry saves the soul

  6. Khipil said, "It was the very devouring eagerness for solace."

    1. Slow

    2. Deep

    3. Soft

    4. Burning

  7. What happened when Khipil sniffed the nettles?

    1. He fell asleep

    2. His nose turned red

    3. He fainted

    4. He cried

  8. There is a doom upon that people.

    1. Honour

    2. Rule

    3. Fate

    4. Destruction

  9. What does the invisible chair reflect about Shahpesh's punishment style?

    1. Harsh and brutal

    2. Symbolic and humiliating

    3. Legal and fair

    4. Religious and sacred

  10. Khipil was compelled to drink of the drought.

    1. Invited

    2. Forced

    3. Allowed

    4. Refused

Q2. Short questions (Attempt any 6 of 8 · 6 × 2 = 12)

  1. How did people react to Khipil sitting on nothing?

  2. How did Shahpesh react to Khipil's speech about the site?

  3. What did Shahpesh tell Khipil to do with the nosegay?

  4. Why does the poet say "Leave the flower and dig the root"?

  5. Why do people laugh at Khipil sitting in the air?

  6. What message does the "Palace of the Wagging Tongue" give?

  7. What did the gardens actually look like?

  8. How does the story criticize lazy workers?

Q3. Long questions (Attempt any 2 of 3 · 2 × 4 = 8)

  1. They came to the gardens, and behold, these were full of weeds and nettles, the fountains dry, no tree to be seen a desert. And Shahpesh cried, "This is indeed of admirable design, O Khipil! Feelest thou not the coolness of the fountains?-their refreshingness? Truly I am grateful to thee! And these flowers, pluck me now a handful, and tell me of their perfume."

  2. Presently they went winding balusters to a marble terrace, and the King said, "Such is thy devotion and constancy in toil, Khipil, that thou shalt walk before me here." He then commanded Khipil to precede him, and Khipil was heightened with the honour. When Khipil had paraded a short space he stopped quickly, and said to Shahpesh, "Here is, as it chanceth, a gap, O King! and we can go to further this war." Shahpesh said, "All is perfect, and it is my will thou delay not to advance."

  3. But Shahpesh ordered his guard to point their arrows in the direction of Khipil, and Khipil stepped forward hurriedly, and fell in the gap, and was swallowed by the water below. When he rose the second time, succour reached him, and he was drawn to land trembling, his teeth chattering. And Shahpesh praised him, and said, "This is an apt contrivance of a bath, Khipil O my builder! well conceived; one that taketh by surprise; and it shall be thy reward daily when much talking hath fatigued thee."