The Model Millionaire Chapter 6 Textbook Questions And Answers OF Karnataka Board Class 8 English Prose

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About the author

The short story ‘The Model Millionaire’ was written by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). He was a famous Irish writer. In this story Oscar Wilde describe about a boy Hughie Erskine who was a young man of good profile. His financial status was very low as he had no profession. He tried his hand in different profession to earn money but was not successful. So the author referred him as “a delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession”

Theme

Oscar Wilde portrayed beautifully the theme of appearance, generosity, friendship, gratitude, love, compassion, charity, commitment, connection, struggle and happiness.  In this story Hughie was fooled into thinking that the Baron was a beggar solely based on how the Baron was dressed and on what Alan Trevor has told him. It was for this reason that Hughie hands the Baron a sovereign. Hughie’s act of generosity is the fact that Hughie gives the Baron more than he can really afford. The Kindness of Hughie repaid him with kindness of Baron in the way of ten thousand pounds as wedding present.

I. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each:

1. Hughie Erskine was a good looking young man. He was liked and admired by men and women alike. He was not very clever, and never had any money.

2. Hughie was always changing his job, because he was not

successful in any of them. He worked on the Stock Exchange for six months. He started selling tea and then sherry. But, he failed in all his efforts.

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3. Laura’s father, a retired Colonel, put a condition for the marriage of Hughie and Laura. He asked Hughie to earn ten thousand pounds of his own and then come to him with the proposal of marriage.

4. Alan Trevor was a painter. He was giving final touches to the lifesize painting of a beggar when Hughie called on him.

5. The beggar was dressed in torn, dirty clothes. He had a ragged brown coat over his shoulder. His boots were patched and well worn.

6. Alan earned after selling his picture. In his opinion, the beggar had also been working as hard as Alan.

7. The beggar was an old man, bent and wrinkled, with a piteous look on his face. He looked sad and lonely.

8. Hughie gave the beggar-man a sovereign.

9. Alan told Hughie that the beggar model was Baron Hausberg, one of the richest men in Europe. The Baron had a house in every capital city and ate food in gold plates. He had so much money that he could buy all of London.

10. The Baron might have a number of business firms of his own. He could invest Hughie’s money in one of his companies and earn profits.

II. Answer the following questions in five or six sentences each:

1. The richest man’s name was Baron Hausberg. He had a house in every capital city. He ate his food on gold plates. And, he could buy all of London the next day and prevent Russia from going to war. He was very influential and powerful. He had a desire to get his picture painted as a beggar. Also, he had asked Alan to paint his portrait and offered to pose as the beggar model himself.

2. Hughie was a handsome young man. He was not intelligent and did not have any money. He tried to make money by doing different jobs but failed in his attempts. Also, he was deeply in love with Laura. Laura’s father told him that he would consider giving his daughter in marriage if he earned ten thousand pounds of his own. One day, Hughie saw a beggar model in Alan Trevor’s studio. He mistook him for a real beggar and gave him a sovereign. The beggar model was in reality a rich man by the name of Baron Hausberg. He was impressed by Hughie’s generosity. He found out everything about Hughie from Alan Trevor. And, he sent Hughie a cheque for ten thousand pounds as a wedding present. Thus, Hughie was able to marry Laura.

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3. The whole story has an undercurrent of subtle humour. Hughie attempts to work and earn money. When he fails at everything, he gives up his efforts. He decides to live on a meagre allowance given to him by an old aunt. These things evoke humorous reaction in the readers. Hughie’s conversation with Alan Trevor is also humorous. Without knowing the real identity of the beggar model, Hughie gives him the only sovereign he had.

When he comes to know that the beggar is Baron Hausberg, he thinks he has made a fool of himself. Alan’s jokes about Hughie’s generosity are hilarious. Baron Hausberg’s reaction when Hughie gives him the sovereign, his benevolent nature and the way in which he sends the wedding present, are all examples of subtle humour in the story.

4. ‘He had been a tea merchant, but soon got tired of selling tea’.

‘Laura loved him very much, and together they made a handsome couple. Of course, neither of them had any money’.

‘The old man jumped, and a faint smile crossed his lips’.

‘Good Heavens! I gave him a Sovereign’.

‘He will invest your sovereign for you and pay you interest’.

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III. Vocabulary:

1. Fill in the blanks given below with the help of the compound words.

grandmother

newspaper

milestone

bookmark

tiebreaker

footpath.

B. Affix = Prefix + Suffix

do – undo

broken – unbroken

clean – uncLean

respect – disrespect

regard – disregard

Like – disLike

wanted – unwanted

honour – dishonour

comfort – discomfort

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honest – dishonest

obey – disobey

appear – disappear

agree – disagree

content – discontent

2. Use appropriate suffixes to the words given below to form new words:

easy – easiLy

hope – hopeful

fool – foolish

brown – brownish

calm – calmly

help – helpful, helpless

pain – painful, painless

child – childish

use – useful

beauty – beautiful

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doubt – doubtful

slow – slowly, slowness

cheer – cheerful, cheerless

colour – colourful, colourless.

3. Construct sentences with the following homonyms to bring out two different meanings of each word:

trip:

a) He tripped and fell down.

b) They went on a trip to Belur.

stamp:

a) He pasted a stamp on the envelope

b) Sam stamped his foot in anger.

plant:

a) We must plant trees to save our environment

b) There are a number of medicinal plants in this garden.

right:

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a) This is not the right way to do things

b) Take a right turn at the intersection.

Write any four homonyms which have different meanings, with the help of a dictionary.

a) advance

b) bank

c) bow

d) object

e) play

f) bear

g) lie

h) fly

i) ring

j) lift

k) type

l) fine.

4. The last sentence of the lesson ‘Millionaire Models’, remarked Alan, “are rare enough, but model millionaires are rarer still. The word ‘model’ is used to mean two different things. Despite being a millionaire Baron Hausberg wished to be portrayed as a beggar and offered to be the model himself. Later, he proves himself a model millionaire (an ideal for other millionaires) by helping Hughie.

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Dictionary Work:

IV. Make five pairs of pun words with the help of the dictionary:

a) After taking a shot with his bow, the archer took a bow.

b) No one could believe how much produce our garden could produce.

c) There’s simply no use for something you can’t use.

d) The rebel seized the opportunity to rebel.

e) The incense incensed the customers.

V. Colour In Language:

1. pink

2. green

3. red

4. grey

5. black, blue

6. white.

VI. Learn To Speak And Listen:

Identify the following characters from the lesson:

1. Hughie Erskine

2. Laura Merton

3. Alan Trevor

4. The beggar model

5. Baron Hausberg.

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