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Unit 05: Character Building
How Much Land Does A Man Need?
English II (C)
For Class XII (All Groups)
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
From Text Book Exercise
Choose the correct answer for each from the given option:1. One of the following objects used as metaphor in this story is _____.
(a) Sun
(b) Land ✔
(c) Spade
(d) fur cap
2. Pahom takes _____ with him as he starts measuring the land.
(a) a spade ✔
(b) a compass
(c) a map
(d) a sack of gold
3. The story expresses an irony on human's _____.
(a) success
(b) humility
(c) worldly possessions ✔
(d) desire to grasp more
4. Which of the following proverbs befit the message of the story?
(a) Tit for tat
(b) What you give, repays you
(c) Pride goes before a fall
(d) Greed is a bottomless pit ✔
5. Which of the following characteristics are found in Pahom?
(a) Unsatisfied and desirous ✔
(b) Contented and proud
(c) Humble and kind
(d) Wise and watchful
6. How does Pahom mark the land as he walks?
(a) He digs holes and piles up turf ✔
(b) He plants flags
(c) He piles the mud
(d) He digs holes and sows seeds
7. "Though it will make my land lopsided, I must hurry back in a straight line now...." the underlined word means.
(a) Balanced
(b) Uneven ✔
(c) Straight
(d) Round
8. The length of Pahom's grave at the end of the story symbolizes_____.
(a) His will for a simple burial
(b) His humility in death
(c) The irony of his greed for land ✔
(d) The Bashkirs' respect for his achievement
More Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
9. What is the name of the main character in the story?(a) Ivan
(b)Pahom ✔
(c) Dmitri
(d) Bashkir
10. What is Pahom's main desire in the story?
(a) Wealth through gold
(b) To own more and more land ✔
(c) Fame among villagers
(d) A peaceful retirement
11. How much land does Pahom initially own?
(a) Ten acres
(b) Twenty acres
(c) Forty acres ✔
(d) One hundred acres
12. Why is Pahom not satisfied even after acquiring good land?
(a) He wants to live in a city
(b) His crops fail
(c) He craves for more land ✔
(d) The weather is harsh
13. Where does Pahom hear about better land?
(a) From his brother
(b) From a passing traveller ✔
(c)From a merchant in town
(d) From the Bashkir chief
14. What convinces Pahom to go to the land of the Bashkirs?
(a) Free land
(b) Magical soil
(c) Very cheap land and high fertility ✔
(d) Invitation from Bashkirs
15. What do the Bashkirs offer Pahom?
(a) Land in exchange for gold
(b) As much land as he can walk around in one day ✔
(c) Half of their land
(d) A small piece of land near the river
16. What is the price for the Bashkirs' land?
(a) 500 rubbles an acre
(b) 10 rubbles a mile
(c) 1,000 rubbles per day ✔
(d) Free, but shared
17. What must Pahom do to get the land?
(a) Work on it for a year
(b) Circle it on horseback
(c) Walk around it before the sunset ✔
(d) Sign a treaty with the chief
18. What is used as the starting and ending point?
(a) A tree
(b) A cart
(c) A fox fur cap ✔
(d) A red flag
19. What does Pahom use to mark his path?
(a) Stones
(b) Red flags
(c) Turf with spade holes ✔
(d) Wood sticks
20. Why does Pahom keep extending his walk?
(a) He's lost
(b) He finds the land better and better ✔
(c) The Bashkirs encourage him
(d) He wants to show off
21. What emotion dominates Pahom's journey?
(a) Fear
(b) Greed ✔
(c) Confusion
(d) Gratitude
22. What happens as the sun begins to set?
(a) Pahom gives up
(b) The Bashkirs cancel the deal
(c) Pahom races desperately to return ✔
(d) He is robbed
23. What does Pahom throw away during his final run?
(a) His money
(b) His coat, boots, flask, and cap ✔
(c) His land papers
(d) His food
24. What happens to Pahom at the end?
(a) He wins the land and lives happily
(b) He loses his way and quits
(c) He collapses and dies ✔
(d) He is cheated by the Bashkirs
25. What causes Pahom's death?
(a) Hunger
(b) Dehydration
(c) Exhaustion and greed ✔
(d) Snake bite
26. What ironic truth is revealed at the end?
(a) He needed only a grave-sized land ✔
(b) The land was not fertile after all
(c) He died with riches
(d) His family rejected the land
27. The story is an example of what literary theme?
(a) Adventure and survival
(b) Simplicity and family
(c) Greed and its consequences ✔
(d) War and peace
28. What lesson does the story teach?
(a) Always aim higher
(b) Greed can destroy a person ✔
(c) Never trust strangers
(d) Hard work brings happiness
29. How far did Pahom travel on foot that day (approximately)?
(a) 2 miles
(b) 5 miles
(c) 10 miles
(d) Over 30 miles ✔
30. What does Pahom believe just before dying?
(a) The Bashkirs tricked him
(b) He was blessed
(c) He grasped too much ✔
(d) His servant betrayed him
31. Why does the Bashkir chief laugh at the end?
(a) He is happy for Pahom
(b) He sees the irony of the situation ✔
(c) He tricked Pahom
(d) He is drunk
32. What does the servant do at the end?
(a) Takes the land
(b) Buries Pahom ✔
(c) Runs away
(d) Returns home
33. What is the final answer to the story's title question: "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
(a) None
(b) As much as he can farm
(c) Only six feet (a grave) ✔
(d) A full estate
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