(ii) How many were the questions the king had?
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The king had three questions.
The three questions were 'The right time to do something', 'The right people to listen to and to avoid' and 'What the most important thing to do was, at that time'.
The king decided that he will invite all the scholars and learned men in the Kingdom to answer the three questions, and promised to highly reward the one who answers them correctly.
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Summary of Three Questions.
This story, written by Leo Tolstoy, is about a king who wants to know the answer to his Three Questions, so he would never fail at anything. He even invited lots of scholars and learned men to the castle but didn't get the answer to his questions. Later, he came to know about a very learned hermit and went to ask him the answer to his Three Questions. At first the hermit didn't say anything because he was waiting for the right moment to answer him. Later, when the king helped a man, he said that he was his enemy and was planning to kill him. But since he helped him, he will be his servant and will ask his future generations to do so too. Then the hermit tells the king his answers, and how they were similar to the event that happened.
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