Class VIII English - Chapter 10, Honeydew
The Great Stone Face II
NCERT Answers and CBSE Guide for Class 8 English
Working
with the Text (Important Exercise Questions)
Question.1:
How was Earnest different from others in the valley?
Answer: Earnest
was a modest, diligent and considerate person. Unlike others, he was not an
obscure person. He was a bright man as well as of helpful nature. By the time
he grew old, Earnest had become famous beyond the limits of the valley. College
professors and even active men of cities came from distant places to meet him.
Earnest received those people with gentle sincerity and spoke with them freely
with open heart. He led a life of good deeds and with self-less love for
others. He used to deliver thoughtful words from the depth of his heart. His
words had power since they agreed with the reality of his life. While talking
to his audience, his face would brighten and shine upon them, as with as mild
evening light. In this way Earnest was different from others in the valley.
Question.2: Why did
Earnest think the poet was like the Stone Face?
Answer: The poet
wrote songs with lofty thoughts. The poetry of the poet found his way to
Earnest also. Earnest used to read the poet’s poems and songs after his day’s
work and found them worthy. When the poet came to meet Earnest, he looked wise,
gentle and kind. Even the Great Stone Face appeared bending forward to listen
to his talk. For all these reasons, Earnest began to think that the poet was
like the Great Stone Face.
Question.3: What did the
poet himself say about his thoughts and poems?
Answer: The poet
said that his poems were heavenly, and his dreams had been grand. But his life
did not match with his great thoughts. He found lack of faith in his own
thoughts. His dreams were only hollow dreams.
Question.4: What made
the poet proclaim Earnest was the Stone Face?
Answer: The poet
observed Earnest while he was talking to his audience. Earnest was speaking
kindly but from the depth of his heart and mind. The poet felt that Earnest’s
own life and character were a nobler strain of poetry than he had ever written.
The poet found great similarities between the misty white clouds around the
Great Stone Face and the white hairs around the brow of Earnest. So, the poet
proclaimed that Earnest himself was the Stone Face.
Question.6:
(i) Who, by common consent
turned out to be like the Great Stone Face?
(ii) Did Earnest believe that
the old prophecy had come true? What did he say about it?
Answer:
(i) By common consent,
Earnest turned out to be like the Great Stone Face.
(ii) No, Earnest did not
believe that the old prophecy had come true. He still hoped that some day, some
man wiser and better than himself would appear. He would bear a likeness to the
Great Stone Face.
Additional CBSE Question
Question.1: Describe the life which Earnest led as an old man?
Answer: Refer to
the answer of Q.No.1 in ‘Working with the Text’.
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