The Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy, gave up a life of wealth and comfort in order to help the poor. He thought that all types of violence were wicked and that all people ought to live together in love and to cooperate with one another. Gandhi was very much interested in his writings and teachings. Indeed the two great men must have been alike in many of their ideas. In one of his stories Tolstoy describes a certain village in Russia where a peasant named Ivan lived. Everyone thought that he must be a very happy man, for he was comfortably off and lacked nothing that he needed. He had three sons, all of them were able to work. The eldest was married and the second was going to be married and the youngest was able to look after the horses. His wife was an extremely capable woman and his daughter-in-law was steady and hard-working. Ivan’s old father lived with them, but he was now an invalid and had no longer any control over his son. Their fields produced good crops and they had quite enough food for their own needs. All their clothes, coats, shirts, trousers, socks and dresses were made by the two women. Unfortunately, however, the members of the family were not nearly as contented as they ought to have been. This was because of a quarrel between them and their next-door neighbor, limping Gabriel.
1. How did Tolstoy show his love for the poor?
by giving up a life of wealth and comfort by giving all his wealth to poors
by going to jungles
none of them
2. What were Tolstoy’s teachings?
not helping poors
of non-violence and to live together not living together
all of them
3. Who were the two great men?
Ivan and his neighbor
Ivan and his son
Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi
none of them
4. Why were the Ivans not contented people?
because of lot of work
lot of produce at their farms
only two people worked and rest others no work
a quarrel between their neighbor
5. Give synonym for the word 'devilish' from the passage above.
wicked
gentle
foolish
all of them
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1.Tolstoy showed his love for the poor by giving up a life of wealth and comfort in order to help the poor.
2.Tolstoy’s teachings were that all types of violence were wicked and that all people ought to live together in love and to cooperated with one another.
3.The Ivans were not contented people because of a quarrel between them and their next-door neighbour, Limping Gabriel.
4.Gandhi was interested in Tolstoy for the reason that they had similarity in many of their ideas.
5.Everyone thought that Ivan was a very happy man because he was comfortably off and lacked nothing that he needed.
6.Ivan’s wife was an extremely capable woman. All their clothes were made her and her daughter-in-law.
7.‘Youngest’is the word opposite of ‘eldest’.
8.‘Invalid’ is the word from the passage which is similar to ‘All ill and disabled person’.