What were the questions that had occurred to the Tsar?

Why did he need correct answers

to thosemen?
learned
questions? What did
he do when he was not satisfied
with the answers of the
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Aus In thestory Three Questions', Leo Tolstoy

unravels the basic crisis of human nature
through 1fe yt 4TACE oTO
three simple questions which had occurred to the
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Tsar. He was eager to know the right time to start
every work, who were the right people to listen to
and the work that needed his utmost
attention.
The Tsar wanted correct answers to these
three
questions hoping that, if he gained these information
he would never make a mistake in fafa e far
any decision that
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he took.
When he was not satisfied with the answers of the
learned men, he decided to consult a hermit who lived
in the woods and was well-known for his
wisdom.
Important Questions
 What answers did the learned
men give to the three questions? Or, How did the learned
men answer to Tsar's questions? ( R er4R , a
Ans The first question asked by the Tsar was, what
was the right time to start
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any work. Some leamed

men advised him to draw up in advance, a table of
days, months and years and live strictly according
to it. Others advised him to do the most
needful
work without wasting time. Some of the learned men
advised him to consult a Council of wise men in order
to carry out his work at the
him to consult a
right time. Others advised
magician because they have the
power to ascertain things beforehand. When the Tsar
asked who were the most important
people, some of
the learned men said that the Tsar's councillors were
he most
important persons, others mentioned the
prests, some said doctors and others said warriors.
The Tsars third
question was what was the most
mportant work that he should undertake. He got
oimerent answers again. Some said it was science,
Some said skill in warfare and others said that it was
eligious worship. All the answers ultimately served
nothing but to perplex the Tsar.
 How did the Tsar go to the wood where the wise hermit lived ? What was the hermit doing
then ? What did the Tsar sayto the hermit? (TT s t a 1a 19aferA cTIA2TE ZIETTAI3177 TA?
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ns The hermit received none but common
folk. So, the Tsar put on simple clothes and before
reaching the hermit's hut got down from his horse
and leaving his bodyguard behind, went to the wood
alone where the hermitlived.
When the Tsar went to meet him, the hermit
was digging the groundin front of his hut.
The Tsar told the wise hermit that he had come
to him to ask him the answers of three questions.
The first question was how could the Tsar learn a e I
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Imponant Questions
to do the right thing at the right time. The second
question was who were the right people to listen to
and to whom should the Tsar therefore pay more
attention than the rest. The third question was what
was the most important thing to do, and need the
Tsar's first attention.
2 Why did the bearded man become
resolve to do ? Why did he ask
anenemy of the Tsar ? What did the man swear and
forgiveness of the Tsar and what did he promise him ? (

[WBCHSE -2017
Ais The Tsar executed the wounded man's
brother and seized his property. Since that day, he
became an enemy of the Tsar.
The bearded man swore to take revenge on the
Tsar and resolved to kill him to satisty his retaliation.
So he was hiding in the forest and waiting for the
Tsar to return from the hermit's hut so that he could
kill the Tsar.
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ST aR E
When the bearded man was spotted by the royal
bodyguard they wounded him badly. Somehow he
managed to escape from their grip and reached the
hermit's hut. There the Tsar nursed him through
the evening and he regained consciousness.
The bearded man asked for forgiveness when
he realised that the Tsar had saved his life. He
promised the Tsar to serve him as his most faithful
slave and would bid his sons to do the same.
 How did the Tsar nurse the wounded man? (T CNStta RU Tfoa AI afatR ?)*
[WBCHSE - 2015]

r s The Tsar untastened the wounded man's S IT ATRICA 5 Te54 rTreM_

clothing with the hermit's help. He noticed a large
wound in the man's stomach. He washed the wound
and bandaged it with his handkerchief and a towel
provided by the hermit. As the man was bleeding
profusely, he had to remove the bandage soaked
with blood frequently, wash the wound and re
bandage it. Finally, as a result of the Tsar's solicitous
nursing through the evening, the bleeding stopped.
The wounded man slowly regained consciousness
and asked for something to drink. The Tsar gave
him fresh water and with the hermit's help carried
him to a bed inside the hut. In this way the Tsar
nursed the wounded man and saved his life.
 How was the wounded man revived and nursed ? Why did he ask forgiveness of the Tsar ?
What did the Tsar do when he had gained the man for a friend ? (T TTAs
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Question Number 25 on Page Number 134

When the wounded man realised that it was the
same man who he had planned to kill, helped him
Evve to ife, he felt ashamed and asked for the
sar's torgiveness out of repentance
When the Tsar gained an unknown enemy for a

aul him, promised to restore

friend, he forgave
propenty and assured him that he would send his
vants as well as his own physician to look after
hey both were to have made peace with
glad
oner. RGT
20 Why did the Tsar not agree with the answers of the learned men ? Who did the Tsar decide
to consult again ? What was this person famous for ? How did the Tsar go to visit this

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Ans The Tsar did not agree with the answers of TA*41 fet7a TE5T AT NU ZAA AR
the learned men as they all gave contradictory and R AtaTEN M t
conflicting answers.

The answers of the learned men increased the

Tsar's confusion and he decided to consult a wise
hermit again.
The hermit was famous for his wisdom.
The Tsar visited the hermit in a wood which he
in the of a commoner as the
guise
never quitted,
the common folk. Before
hermit visited none but
he dismounted from his
reaching the hermit's hut,behind and went alone.
horse, lefthis bodyguard