Class 11:-The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde Question and Answer|STORY No- 4|PSEB|English

 

CLASS-11^TH
STORY No- 4
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE

(Oscar Wilde)

SHORT ANSWERTYPE QUESTIONS

Q1. What qualities made Hughie Erskine popular with men and women?

Ans. 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.

Q2. Hughie was unable to settle down in a profession because he was unwilling to work (Yes/No). If ‘No’, what was the reason?

Ans. It was not that Hughie was unwilling to work. In fact, he tried his hand at many professions, but always failed. In fact, he did not know that art of making money. That was why he was nowhere successful.

Q3. What condition did the colonel lay down for letting Hughie be engaged to Laura?

Ans. The colonel knew that his daughter, Laura, loved Hughie. He too was found of Hughie. But he wanted Hughie to be self-dependent. So he said that first Hughie must have ten thousand pound of his own. Only then he would allow Hughie to be engaged to Laura.

 

Q4. Why did Alan Trevor like Hughie so much as to let him visit his studio whenever he wanted?

Ans. 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.

Q5. Why did Hughie think that Trevor’s model was an amazing one?

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Q6. Did Trevor think highly of his model? How do you know?

Ans. Trevor’s model had a wrinkled face. His clothes were in rags. He looked every inch a beggar. He was the very picture of misery. That was Hughie thought him an amazing model. Trevor’s model was not a beggar as he looked. He was Baron Hughie, one of the richest men of Europe. Naturally, Trevor though very highly of him.

Q7. He (Hughie) got a charming scolding for his extravagance, who scolded Hughie? What was Hughie’s extravagance? Why was Hughie scolded? Why is the scolding described as charming?

Ans.  1. It was Laura who scolded Hughie for his extravagance.

2.  Hughie had only a pound and some coins in his pocket. He gave his pound as alms to an old beggar. Laura considered it an act of extravagance.

3. Hughie was scolded for his extravagance.

4. it was Hughie’s own sweetheart who scolded him. That is why the scolding has been described as charming.

  

Q8. Why did Trevor think that Hughie had made a deep impression on his ‘old’ model?

Ans. The old model showed a deep interest in Hughie. He asked Trevor all about Hughie: who he was; where he lived; what his income was; and other such things. Thus Trevor though that Hughie had made a deep impression on his ‘old model’.

Q9. Did Trevor’s model behave differently from what Trevor had thought of him? If differently, how?

Ans. Trevor had thought that Baron Hausberg would talk of Hughie’s foolish act to his friends and have a good laugh. But, on the other hand, the Baron sent Hughie ten thousand pounds to help him marry his beloved.

Q10. How was Baron Hausberg both a millionaire model and a model millionaire?

Ans. Baron Hughie was a millionaire who posed as a beggar for Trevor’s painting. Thus ha was a millionaire model. But more important than that, he was a model millionaire. He had proved a model of compassion and charity.

 

Long Questions Answer

Q1. Give in your own words a pen-portrait of Baron Hughie?

Ans. Baron Hughie is a millionaire. He is one of the richest men of Europe. He has a whim to have himself painted as a beggar. He proves a very successful model. He looks every inch a beggar. He proves a very successful model. He looks every inch a beggar. He leans over a coarse stick. His clothes are in rags. He holds out an out an old hat for alms. He looks the very picture of misery. Hughie is a millionaire model. But more important than that, he proves a model millionaire. He comes to know of Hughie’s problem in love. He sends him a cheque for ten thousand pounds. Thus he enables Hughie to marry his beloved. The Baron proves a model of compassion and charity. He is, indeed, a model millionaire.

Q2. What impressions do you from of Hughie’s character?

Ans. Hughie was wonderfully good looking. He was popular with men and women equally. He never said any unkind word. In fact, he had every quality except that of making money. He tried his hand at many professions, but always failed. To make it worse, he was in love. He loved a Colonel’s daughter. But the Colonel would not let him marry daughter. He said that first, Hughie must have ten thousand pound of his own. At last, Hughie’s kind and noble nature got him the reward he desired. Baron Hausberg was so impressed by him that he sent him a cheque for ten thousand pounds. Thus Hughie was able to fulfil the Colonel’s condition and marry his daughter.

 Q3. How and why did Hughie oblige the old beggar?

Ans. 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 felt in his pockets, but could find only one pound in them. Then he walked up to the beggar and slipped the pound into his hand.