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“THE PRINCESS WHO WANTED THE MOON”

NON–TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Who was Princess Lenore? How old was she?
Ans – Princess Lenore was the only daughter of the King who ruled the kingdom by the sea. She was about
eleven years old.
2. Why did the King want to give the Moon to his daughter?
Ans – The King wanted to give the Moon to his daughter to make her recover from her illness.
3. Why did Princess Lenore fall ill?
Ans – Princess Lenore fell ill since she ate a large number of raspberry tarts.
4. Why did the Royal Wizard say that nobody can get the Moon?
Ans – The Royal Wizard said so as the Moon is 1,500,000 miles far from the Earth.
5. How is the Moon as expressed by the Royal Mathematician?
Ans – The Moon is round and flat like a coin as expressed by the Royal Mathematician.
6. With what does the Royal Mathematician compare the Moon?
Ans – The Royal Mathematician compares the Moon with a coin.
7. Who played the lute in the story, "The Princess Who Wanted the Moon"?
Ans – The Court Jester played the lute in the story, "The Princess Who Wanted the Moon”.
8. With what does Princess Lenore compare the Moon?
Ans – Princess Lenore compares the Moon with her thumb-nail.
9. Who made the tiny, round, golden moon of Princess Lenore?
Ans – The Royal Goldsmith made the tiny, round, golden moon of Princess Lenore.
10. What would happen to Princess Lenore if she wore dark glasses?
Ans – If Princess Lenore wore dark glasses, she would bump into things.
11. "Fireworks would keep the Princess away", Who said the given statement.
Ans – The King said the given statement.
12. Who was able to explain how to get the Moon in the story, “The Princess Who Wanted the Moon"?
Ans – Princess Lenore was able to explain how to get the moon in the story.
13. Why did the Court Jester think that the Princess was wiser than the wise men of the King?
Ans – The Court Jester thought that Princess Lenore was wiser than the wise men of the King as she was able
to explain how to get the Moon, while they were unable to do so.
14. With what does the Royal Goldsmith compare the Moon?
Ans – The Royal Goldsmith compares the Moon with a marble.
15. Give a brief account on the physical appearance of the Lord High Chamberlain.
Ans – The Lord High Chamberlain was a large, fat man. He wore thick glasses which made his eyes seem twice
as large as they really were. He was also the man who tried to get many possible & impossible things for his
King.
16. What did the Lord High Chamberlain, the Royal Wizard and the Royal Mathematician say about the
distance between the Moon and the Earth?
Ans – The Lord High Chamberlain said that the distance between the Moon and the Earth was 35,000 miles
while the Royal Wizard said that the distance between them was 1,500,000 miles. And the Royal
Mathematician said that the distance between them was 3,000,000 miles.
17. Of what is the Moon made as expressed by Lord High Chamberlain, the Royal Wizard, the Royal
Mathematician, the Princess and the Royal Goldsmith?
Ans – The Moon is made of copper as expressed by the Lord High Chamberlain while it is made of green
cheese as expressed by the Royal Wizard. While it is made of asbestos as expressed by the Royal
Mathematician, it is made of gold as expressed by the Princess. And it is made of bronze as expressed by the
Royal Goldsmith.
18. Explain the physical appearance of the Royal Wizard.
Ans – The Lord High Chamberlain was a little, thin man with a long face. He wore a high red pointed hat
covered with silver stars and a long, blue robe covered with golden owls. He was a man who grew very pale
when the King told him to find out a means for getting the Moon.
19. Mention any three things which the Royal Wizard got for his King.
Ans – A set of horns from Elfland, sand from the sand man and gold from the rainbow.
20. Write any three points about the Royal Mathematician.
Ans – The Royal Mathematician was a short-sighted man. He always wore a skull-cap on his head while placing
a pencil behind his ear.
21. What did the Royal Mathematician say about the Moon?
Ans – The Royal Mathematician said that the moon was round and flat like a coin made of asbestos. It was half
the size of the kingdom and was pasted on the sky.
22. What are the suggestions of the Lord High Chamberlain, the Royal Wizard and the Royal Mathematician
regarding the prevention of Princess Lenore from seeing the Moon?
Ans – The Lord High Chamberlain suggested to make some dark glasses for the princess. The Royal Wizard
suggested to stretch some black velvet curtains on poles to cover all the palace gardens like a circus tent. And
the Royal Mathematician suggested to let off fireworks in the garden every night.

TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. What will make the Princess well again?
Ans – The Princess will be well again if she gets the Moon.
2. According to the Lord High Chamberlain, what was the Moon made of?
Ans – According to the Lord High Chamberlain, the Moon was made of copper.
3. What was the Moon made of according to the Royal Mathematician?
Ans – The Moon was made of asbestos according to the Royal Mathematician.
4. What was the Moon made of according to the Princess?
Ans – The Moon was made of gold according to the Princess.
5. What was the High Chamberlain's suggestion to keep the Princess from seeing the Moon?
Ans – The Lord High Chamberlain's suggestion to keep the Princess from seeing the Moon was that they
should make some dark glasses for her.
6. Why did the Lord High Chamberlain say that getting the Moon was out of the question?
Ans – The Lord High Chamberlain said that getting the Moon was out of the question for it was 35,000 miles
away and was bigger than the Princess' room. And it was made of copper.
7. What was the Moon like according to the Royal Wizard?
Ans – According to the Royal Wizard, the Moon was twice as big as their place. Besides that, it was 1,500,000
miles away from the Earth and made of green cheese.
8. "Nobody can get the Moon". Why did the Royal Mathematician say so?
Ans – The Royal Mathematician said that nobody could get the Moon for it was 3,000,000 miles away, round
and flat and made of asbestos. It was half the size of the kingdom of the King and pasted on the sky.
9. Why did the King send for the Court Jester?
Ans – The King sent for the Court Jester to make him play on his lute which might help the king to find out a
means to get the Moon and make his sick daughter well again. This might also help relieve stress the king had
been on as his wise men had failed to get the moon for his sick daughter. Moreover, the king sent for the
Court Jester once again to consult with him about getting a means which might prevent his daughter from
seeing the real Moon shining in the sky while she had held an artificial moon.
10. What was the King's problem even after the Princess had got the moon?
Ans – The King's problem even after the Princess had got the moon was to hinder her from seeing the real
Moon shining in the sky in the next evening while she went into the garden to play. Because he thought that
she would be ill again if she saw it by then although she had got the artificial moon.
11. What was the Princess' explanation about the presence of the Moon?
Ans – The Princess' explanation about the presence of the Moon was her expression of two statements about
it. The first statement was that when she lost one tooth, a new tooth grew in its place. And her second
statement was that when the Royal Gardener cut the flowers in the garden, other flowers came to take their
place. Like that, another moon appeared when the first moon was held by her.
12. Are wise men always capable of solving difficult problems? Justify your answer with examples from the
story.
Ans – We may certainly say that wise men are not always capable of solving difficult problems. All the wise
men of the King could not find out a means to get the Moon for the Princess. Although the Lord High
Chamberlain, the Royal Wizard and the Royal Mathematician could not solve the difficulty of the King, only the
Royal Jester was able to solve his difficulty.
13. Write how the Royal Jester solved both the King's problems.
Ans – The Royal Jester solved both the King’s problems in a clever and amusing manner. In order to solve the
Kings first problem of how to get the Moon for his daughter, he made the Royal Goldsmith make a tiny, round
moon which was a little smaller than the thumb-nail of the Princess Lenore after knowing everything about
the Moon from her. And in solving the King's second problem of preventing his daughter from seeing the real
Moon shining in the sky, he tried to learn about her opinion by talking to her. At that time, she told him that as
a new tooth grew in place of the tooth which she lost, a new Moon came in place of the moon kept by her in
her golden chain.

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