The Model Millionaire Story Questions and Answers & MCQs

The Model Millionaire Story Questions and Answers & MCQs

A. Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow:

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. These are the great truths of modem life which Hughie Erskine never realized. Poor Hughie! Intellectually, we must admit, he was not of much importance. He never said a brilliant or even an ill-natured thing in his life.

But then he was wonderfully good-looking, with his crisp brown hair, his clear-cut profile, and his grey eyes. He was as popular with men as he was with women, and he had every accomplishment except that of making money.

His father had bequeathed him his cavalry sword, and a History of the Peninsular War in fifteen volumes. Hughie hung the first over his looking-glass, put the second on a shelf between Ruffs Guide and Bailey’s Magazine, and lived on two hundred a year that an old aunt allowed him. He had tried everything

Question 1.
“Unless one is wealthy there Is no use in being a charming fellow.”- Why?
Answer:
Earning a livelihood is essential but if a person wants to live a lavish life, then he or she has to be rich because good looks cannot buy anything. It is not even essential but when a person has money, he or she can avail anything very easily. That is why it is said so

Question 2.
What qualities made Hughie Erskine popular with men and women?
Answer:
Hughie was wonderfully good-looking. He was very good heart. He never said any ill-natured thing. He never said any unkind word even. In fact, he had every quality except that of making money. All this made him very popular among men and women.

Question 3.
Describe the appearance of Hughie.
Answer:
Hughie was a very a charming and handsome fellow with his crisp brown hair, clear-cut profile and grey eyes. Though Hughie was wonderfully good-looking yet he was a failure of making money.

Question 4.
What did Hughie’s father leave for him? What did he get from an old aunt?
Answer:
Hughie’s father left for him his cavalry sword and a History of the Peninsular War in fifteen volumes. He got two hundred pounds a year from an old aunt. Hughie had no earning of his own even if he tried very hard.

B. Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow:

To make matters worse, he was in love. The girl he loved was Laura Merton, the daughter of a retired Colonel who had lost his temper and his digestion in India, and had never found either of them again. Laura adored him, and he was ready to kiss her shoe-strings.

They were the handsomest couple in London, and had not a penny-piece between them. The Colonel was very fond of Hughie, but would not hear of any engagement. ‘Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and we will see about it,’ he used to say; and Hughie looked very glum on those days, and had to go to Laura for consolation.

Question 1.
What worsened Hughie’s condition?
Answer:
Hughie, though charming had no luck in making money. Therefore when he fell in love with a girl named Laura Merton, then that worsened his condition.

Question 2.
Who was Laura Merton? What was her father?
Answer:
Laura Merton was the love of Hughie’s life. Her father was a retired colonel who had lost his temper and his digestion in India and had never found either of them again.

Question 3.
How was Laura with her father?
Answer:
Laura and her father had a good bonding with each other. Laura loves her father, respects and obeys her father whereas her father was so caring for his lovable daughter that “he was ready to kiss her shoe-string.” Her father just wanted his daughter’s future to be secured.

Question 4.
What condition did he give to Hughie?
Answer:
Laura’s father was very fond of Hughie but he was not willing to give his daughter’s marriage with him because Hughie had no earning. So he gave him a condition of earning 10000 pounds to get married to her. This condition made Hughie very glum and had to go to Laura for consolation.

C. Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow:

One morning, as he was on his way to Holland Park, where the Mertons lived, he dropped in to see a great friend of his, Alan Trevor. Trevor was a painter. Indeed, few people escape that nowadays. But he was also an artist, and artists are rather rare.

Personally he was a strange rough fellow, with a freckled face and a red ragged beard. However, when he took up the brush he was a real master, and his pictures were eagerly sought after. He had been very much attracted by Hughie at first. it must be acknowledged, entirely on account of his personal charm.

Question 1.
Why was Hughie going to Holland Park?
Answer:
Hughie was going to Holland park to meet his friend Alan Trevor. Alan was a great friend of Hughie who was also a painter.

Question 2.
Why did Alan Trevor like Hughie so much as to let him visit his studio whenever he wanted?
Answer:
Artists always love thing of beauty. Trevor was an artist and Hughie was wonderfully good-looking. Hughie was also a carefree and joyful spirit. Trevor came to like Hughie very much. That was why he let him visit his studio whenever he liked.

Question 3.
How was Alan Trevor?
Answer:
Alan Trevor was a painter by profession but personally, he was a strange rough fellow with a freckled face and red ragged beard. However, whenever he took up the brush he was a real master and his pictures were eagerly sought after.

Question 4.
What idea about Hughie and Alan do you get from the above passage?
Answer:
From the above passage, we came to know that Hughie and Alan were great friends. They liked each other and cared for each other. Though Hughie had no money, Alan never underestimated him or bragged about his success. They both were amicable to each other.

D. Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow:

‘The only people a painter should know,’ he used to say, ‘are people who are bete and beautiful, people who are an artistic pleasure to look at and an intellectual repose to talk to. Men who are dandies and women who are darlings rule the world, at least they should do so.’ However, after he got to know Hughie better, he liked him quite as much for his bright buoyant spirits and his generous reckless nature, and had given him the permanent entree to his studio.

When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man. The beggar himself was standing on a raised platform in a corner of the studio. He was a wizened old man, with a face like wrinkled parchment, and a most piteous expression.

Question 1.
What did Alan use to say?
Answer:
Alan used to say that painters notice people who are “bete and beautiful, people who are an aretistic pleasure to look at and an intellectual repose to talk to. Men who are dandies and women who are darlings rule the world, at least they should do so.”

Question 2.
Why did Alan start liking Hughie?
Answer:
After Alan got to know Hughie better, he started liking him for his buoyant spirit and generous reckless nature and that had given him a permanent entry to Alan’s studio.

Question 3.
After reaching the studio, what did Hughie find?
Answer:
Hughie found a beggar who was posing as a model. The beggar himself was standing on a raised platform in a corner of the studio. The beggar was a wizened old man, with a face like wrinkled parchment, and a most piteous expression.

Question 4.
Describe the appearance of the model from the above passage.
Answer:
Alan’s model was a beggar who was standing on a raised platform in a corner of the studio. He was a wizened old man, with a face like wrinkled parchment, and a most piteous expression. He was so realistic that stirred sympathy in Hughie’s mind.

E. Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow:

Over his shoulders was flung a coarse brown cloak, all tears and tatters; his thick boots were patched and cobbled, and with one hand he leant on a rough stick while with the other he held out his battered hat for alms. What an amazing model!’ whispered Hughie, as he shook hands with his friend.

‘An amazing model?’ shouted Trevor at the top of his voice; ‘I should think so! Such beggars as he are not to be met with every day. A trouvaille, mort cher; a living Velasquez! My stars! what an etching Rembrandt would have made of him!’ Poor old chap! said Hughie, ‘how miserable he looks!

But I suppose, to you painters, his face is his fortune?’ ‘Certainly,’ replied Trevor, ‘you don’t want a beggar to look happy, do you?’ ‘How much does a model get for sitting?’ asked Hughie, as he found himself a comfortable seat on a divan.

Question 1.
How was the beggar dressed?
Answer:
The beggar was very poorly dressed. Over his shoulders, was a coarse black cloak, torn and tattered and his thick boots were patched and cobbled. With one hand, he leant on a rough stick while the other was holding out his battered hat for alms.

Question 2.
Why did Hughie think that the beggar was “an amazing model”?
Answer:
Hughie thought that the beggar was “an amazing model” because he was very realistic. His appearance and miserable condition.,rose sympathy in Hughie’s heart. Though he would be paid by Trevor, yet he felt of giving some money to him.

Question 3.
How and why did Hughie oblige the old beggar?
Answer:
One day, Hughie went to see his friend, Alan Trevor, who was a painter. He saw Trevor painting a wonderful picture of a beggar man. The beggar himself was standing in a corner of the studio. He was wizened old men. His face was wrinkled. He had a brown cloak over his shoulder. It was all in rags. His thick boots had many patches. He had a rough stick in one hand.

He was leaning over this stick. With his other hand, he was holding out his for alms. The old beggar looked the very pitcher of misery. Hughie was deeply moved by the miserable looks of the old beggar. He could not help pitying him. He searched his pockets, but could find only one sovereign there. Then he walked up to the beggar and slipped it into his hand.

Question 4.
From the above mentioned passage, what idea do you get about Hughie?
Answer:
From the above mentioned passage, we could realize that Hughie, though poor, had a soft heart that felt for the old beggar. The beggar’s appearance made him feel sad for him though he would be paid by his artist friend Trevor. So, after a very brief conversation with Trevor, he decided to help the beggar. These qualities showed us that Hughie was a true gentleman.

F. Read,the extract below and answer the questions that follow:

Nonsense, nonsense! Why, look at the trouble of laying on the paint alone, and standing all day long at one’s easel! It’s all very well, Hughie, for you to talk, but I assure you that there are moments when Art almost attains to the dignity of manual labour. But you mustn’t chatter; I’m very busy. Smoke a cigarette, and keep quiet.’

After some time the servant came in, and told Trevor that the frame-maker wanted to speak to him.‘Don’t run away, Hughie,’ he said, as he went out, ‘I will be back in a moment.’ The old beggar-man took advantage of Trevor’s absence to rest for a moment on a wooden bench that was behind him.

He looked so forlorn and wretched that Hughie could not help pitying him, and felt in his pockets to see what money he had. All he could find was a sovereign and some coppers. ‘Poor old fellow,’ he thought to himself, ‘he wants it more than I do, but it means no hansoms for a fortnight;’ and he walked across the studio and slipped the sovereign into the beggar’s hand.

Question 1.
“Nonsense, nonsense!”- Who said to whom and when?
Answer:
Alan Trevor said this to his friend Hughie. Seeing the miserable condition of the beggar, Hughie asked Trevor how much he used to give his models. At this Trevor told him a small amount compared to the price in which his paintings are sold. At This Hughie told Trevor that he should give a percentage of his earning to the models. Hearing this Trevor said so.

Question 2.
Why did Trevor think that Hughie was talking nonsense?
Answer:
Hughie told Trevor that he should gi ve a percentage of his earning to his models. Hearing this Trevor told him that he was talking nonsense because he thought that they were doing their job and they got paid well. And as “art almost attains to the dignity of manual labour”, there was no point of sharing the amount earned.

Question 3.
What did Hughie do after Trevor left?
Answer:
After Trevor left, Hughie shifted his attention to the beggar again who was resting on a wooden bench for a moment. His miserable condition made Hughie feel sorry for him. So, he decided to help him by giving him some money. But he only had a sovereign in his pocket so he gave it to him.

Question 4.
“He wants it more than I do”- Who said this? Why?
Answer:
This was said by Hughie to himself. Hughie wanted to help the old beggar because he felt sympathy for him. But when he searched his pocket, he only found a sovereign in it. So if he would give it to him then no money would be left for him. But he felt that the old beggar needed that money more than him so he said this.

The Model Millionaire Story Poem MCQs

Choose the correct alternative to complete the following sentences:

Question 1.
“What an amazing model!” Who said this?
a. Hughie
b. Alan Tevor
c. Laura Merton
Answer:
a. Hughie

Question 2.
Who is Laura Merton’s father?
a. Baron Hausberg
b. Alan Trevor
c. A retired
Answer:
c. A retired

Question 3.
Who is the protagonist of the story. The Model Millionaire?
a. Hughie Erskine
b. Laura Merton
c. Alan Trevor
Answer:
a. Hughie Erskine

Question 4.
Who was popular with men and women?
a. Alan Trevor
b. Colonel Merton
c. Hughie Erskine
Answer:
c. Hughie Erskine

Question 5.
How many months had Hughie Erskine gone on Stock Exchange?
a. Seven
b. Six
c. Nine
Answer:
b. Six

Question 6.
Who was Alan Tervor in the story?
a. Poet
b. Writer
c. Painter
Answer:
c. Painter

Question 7.
Where was the beggar man standing in the story?
a. In the corner of studio
b. In the room
c. In a house
Answer:
a. In the corner of studio

Question 8.
Who was the old beggaman?
a. Alan Trevor
b. Baron Hausberg
c. Beggar
Answer:
b. Baron Hausberg

Question 9.
What was the only source of income for Hughie Erskine?
a. The aunt
b. The father
c. None of these
Answer:
a. The aunt

Question 10.
Who is the richest man of Europe?
a. Alan Trevor
b. Beggar
c. Baron Hausberg
Answer:
c. Baron Hausberg

Question 11.
Who was the friend of Hughie Erskine?
a. Baron Hausberg
b. Alan Trevor
c. Laura Merton
Answer:
b. Alan Trevor

Question 12.
What was the wedding gift for the marriage of Hughie Erskine and Laura Merton from Baron Hausberg?
a. A cheque of 10,000 pounds
b. A cheque of 5,000 pounds
c. A cheque of 2,000 pounds
Answer:
a. A cheque of 10,000 pounds

Question 13.
Who the writer of Model Millionaire?
a. R.K Narayan
b. Oscar Wilde
c. Rusking Bond
Answer:
b. Oscar Wilde

Question 14.
What is the theme of the story the Model Millionaire?
a. Patriotism
b. Quest for identity
c. Appearances can be deceptive
Answer:
c. Appearances can be deceptive

Question 15.
The Model Millionaire ends with twist and full of humour and ………..
a. Silliness
b. Iron
c. Mockery
Answer:
b. Iron

Question 16.
Who is Laura Merton?
a. Hughie’s beloved
b. Baron Hausberg’s sister
c. Alan Trevor’s wife
Answer:
a. Hughie’s beloved

Question 17.
Why did Hughie give the model a sovereign?
a. He is a donor
b. He want to become famous
c. Being sympathetic for him
Answer:
c. Being sympathetic for him

Question 18.
How many characters are painted in the story, The Model Millionaire?
a. Six
b. Five
c. Three
Answer:
a. Six

Question 19.
Who is Monsieur Gustave Naudin?
a. Baron Hausberg’s friend
b. Baron Hausberg’s servent
c. Baron Hausberg’s brother
Answer:
b. Baron Hausberg’s servent

Question 20.
Why was Hughie shocked to hear Trevor?
a. The Beggar was a thief
b. The beggar was rich person
c. The beggar was very poor.
Answer:
b. The beggar was rich person

Question 21.
Why does the Colonel not allow Hughie to marry his daughter?
a. He is poor and jobless
b. He is aged
c. He is not handsome
Answer:
a. He is poor and jobless

Question 22.
How did Hughie respond when he heard that Trevor told the beggar about his private life?
a. Angry
d. Amused
c. Furious
Answer:
c. Furious

Question 23.
Whom did the beggar’s old suit belong to?
a. Trevor
b. Hughie
c. Hughie’s uncle
Answer:
a. Trevor

Question 24.
Why couldn’t Hughie Marry Laura?
a. Her father opposed the proposal
b. She was not pretty
c. He was poor and jobless
Answer:
c. He was poor and jobless

Question 25.
Why did Hughie think the beggar deserve a share of Trevor’s earning?
a. The bagger has no relative
b. Model’s work is hard as painter’s
c. The beggar is very poor
Answer:
b. Model’s work is hard as painter’s

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