This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 English Chapter 9 The Great Stone Face I ā Quiz 1 š Homepage š Download PDF Books š Premium PDF Books Class 8 English Chapter 9 The Great Stone Face I Quiz 1 (23 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The fame had come to Ernest A) Unsoght for and undesired. B) With his hard work. C) Because of his resemblace with the Great Stone Face. D) Because of his wealth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unsoght for and undesired. 2. Many people believed that the valley was fertile because A) Of the good climate. B) Of the river. C) Of the grace of the Great Stone Face. D) The soil was good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of the grace of the Great Stone Face. 3. A poet came to the village and A) Ernest already knew him. B) He did not like Ernest. C) He had come to meet Ernest. D) He had been invited by the villagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He had come to meet Ernest. 4. Who would resemble the Great Stone Face? A) The greatest and noblest man. B) The poet. C) The kind man. D) The healthy man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The greatest and noblest man. 5. Ernest believed the prophecy A) Was yet to be ful filled. B) Was now fulfilled. C) Was fulfilled long ago. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was yet to be ful filled. 6. Ernest's mother was A) His only teacher. B) Affectionate and thoughtful. C) A well-read woman. D) A famous woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Affectionate and thoughtful. 7. What role had the Great Stone Face assumed in Ernest's life? A) Philosopher. B) Friend. C) Teacher. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher. 8. Ernest examined the poet's features again and again because A) He was so charmed by his looks. B) He felt he had meet him some where. C) He felt he had a disease. D) He was comparing him with the Great Stone Face. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was comparing him with the Great Stone Face. 9. "Many people believed in this old prophecy" . For what 'this' is used here? A) That the stone face would be alive. B) That a face like Great Stone Face should be born. C) That Ernest will look like stone face. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That a face like Great Stone Face should be born. 10. Ernest was much impressed by A) The fact that the poet resembled the Great Stone Face. B) What the poet had written. C) The thought of the poet about him. D) The poet whe he said that Ernest reassembled the Great Stone Face. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What the poet had written. 11. Choose the meaning of 'obscure' from the following options. A) Not well known. B) Hidden. C) Dead. D) Lost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hidden. 12. What is it that may seek? A) Health. B) Wealth. C) Fame. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fame. 13. Ernest became famous A) Even as a child. B) When he became young. C) When he became an old. D) When he died. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When he became an old. 14. Ernest had become famous for his A) Wealth. B) Love. C) Wisdom. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wisdom. 15. To Ernest the Great Stone Face was A) His only teacher. B) Affectionate and thoughtful. C) A well-read woman. D) A famous woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His only teacher. 16. The old prophecy was that one day A) The Great Stone Face would disappear. B) The Great Stone Face would come to life. C) The Great Stone Face would cause havoc to the valley. D) A man with that face would appear in the valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A man with that face would appear in the valley. 17. The prophecy concered A) Himself. B) His mother. C) The poet. D) The Great Stone Face. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Great Stone Face. 18. Give the meaning of 'prophecy'. A) Prophet. B) Advice. C) Prediction. D) Suggestion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prediction. 19. A major theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ''The Great Stone Face" is ..... A) Hard work. B) Divinity. C) Honesty. D) Security. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divinity. 20. When Ernest's work of the day was over he A) Prayed to God for a long time. B) Read a lot. C) Would stand for hours before the Great Stone Face. D) Helped the villagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would stand for hours before the Great Stone Face. 21. "His mother told him a story" . Whose mother? A) Poet's. B) Ernest's. C) Shopkeeper's. D) General's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ernest's. 22. In the meeting between the poet and Ernest A) Ernest did all the talking. B) The poet was much impressed by Ernest. C) Ernest was much impressed by the poet. D) They did not like each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poet was much impressed by Ernest. 23. The word 'industrious' means the same as A) The owner of an industry. B) Industrial. C) Hardworking. D) Ran an industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hardworking. 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