Question 1.
What attracted the Fox toward Raven?
Answer:
The Fox was hungry. He saw the Raven. He had a morsel of food in his mouth. The fox decided to cheat him to get the morsel.

Question 2.
How did the Fox snatch a morsel of food?
Answer:
The Fox started admiring the Raven with sweet words. He called him with praise of his personality. He said that the Raven looked great with beautiful feathers.

Question 3.
How did the Fox make the Raven to open his mouth?
Answer:
The Fox started praising the Raven. He said that the Raven had beautiful feathers. He sang sweetly. If he sang a song the birds and animals would call him ‘King’.

Question 4.
What made the Raven open his mouth?
Answer:
Precisely, the Raven fell into Fox’s net of cheating. Reynard said that he had beautiful feathers. He had a sweet voice. If he sang a song, all the birds and animals would call him ‘King’.

Question 5.
What happened when the Raven sang?
Answer:
When the Raven opened his mouth to sing a song the morsel fell from his mouth. This was the Fox’s clever craftiness that snatched his food.

 

Question 6.
What is the lesson that we get from the poem?
Answer:
The poem strongly gives out a moral teaching. It is that pride has always fallen. It causes mental pain. Pride is always a great force. This is shown in the poem.

Question 7.
What was Raven carrying in his beak?
Answer:
Raven was carrying a morsel of food in his beak.

Question 8.
Who was perching on the tree?
Answer:
A Raven was perching on the tree.

 

Question 9.
What admiring words did the Fox tell Raven?
Answer:
The Fox told Raven that he was very handsome with growing feathers.

Question 10.
What did the Fox suggest Raven do?
Answer:
The Fox suggested Raven sing and that he could become the king of birds in the woods because of his song.

Question 11.
What did the Fox see Raven doing on the tree?
Answer:
The Fox saw a Raven perching on the tree with a morsel of food in his beak.

Question 12.
What did the Fox do to fool the Raven?
Answer:
He called Raven handsome with growing feathers. It would be great if he could sing to become the King of birds in the woods.

 

Question 13.
What did the Fox suggest?
Answer:
One must not get flattered by sweet words, and fall into false pride which is unwise to do so.

Question 14.
What teachings did the Fox convey?
Answer:
We must not get flattered but must judge ourselves according to our capability.

The Raven and the Fox Class 6 Extract-Based Questions

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow choosing the best option from among the given ones.

1. Mr Raven was perched upon a limb, and Reynard the Fox looked up at him; For the Raven held in his great big beak a morsel the Fox would go far to seek. (Page 13)

Question 1.
Where did Mr. Raven sit?
(a) on a table
(b) in the branch
(c) near the forest
(d) on a branch
Answer:
(d) on a branch

Question 2.
What was in Raven’s mouth?
(a) a piece of cake
(b) a morsel
(c) biscuit
(d) bread
Answer:
(b) a morsel

Question 3.
What for did the Fox look at the Raven?
(a) for food
(b) for leaves
(c) to pay respect to him
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(a) for food

Question 4.
How did the beak look?
(a) big
(b) great
(c) great beak
(d) black beak
Answer:
(d) black beak

Question 5.
The purpose behind respectably addressing the Raven was
(a) to flatter him
(b) to snatch the morsel
(c) to show that he was his friend
(d) to show love and respect
Answer:
(b) to snatch the morsel

2. Said the Fox, in admiring tones: “My word! Sir Raven, you are a handsome bird. Such feathers! If you would only sing, The birds of these woods would call you King.” (Page 13)

Question 1.
What was the motive behind Reynard’s using sweet words to the Raven?
(a) to show respect
(b) to pay respects
(c) to flatter for snatching food
(d) all of the above
Answer:
(c) to flatter for snatching food

Question 2.
‘Sir’ used by Reynard’s for the Raven shows
(a) respect to the Raven
(b) to praise
(c) to show pride
(d) to flatter for his morsel
Answer:
(d) to flatter for his morsel

Question 3.
What did Reynard do to snatch the morsel from the Raven?
(a) he sang a song praising the Raven
(b) he tickled Raven’s sense of pride
(c) to make him feel great
(d) to awaken his self-pride
Answer:
(b) he tickled Raven’s sense of pride

Question 4.
When would the birds of the forest sing?
(a) when the Raven ordered
(b) when they assembled there
(c) when Reynard called them
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(d) none of the above

Question 5.
‘Such feathers’ means
(a) beautiful feathers
(b) black and beautiful feathers of Raven
(c) great and big feathers
(b) all of the above
Answer:
(b) black and beautiful feathers of Raven

3. The Raven, who did not see the joke, forgot that his voice was just a croak. He opened his beak, in his foolish pride, and down fell the morsel the Fox had eyed. (Page 14)

Question 1.
The purpose of the joke was to
(a) get Raven’s morsel of food
(b) to praise the Raven’s beauty
(c) to surrender the morsel
(d) Insult the Raven
Answer:
(a) get Raven’s morsel of food

Question 2.
What did the Raven forget?
(a) his beauty
(b) his sweet method of singing
(c) he forgot that his song was simply not sweet
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(c) he forgot that his song was simply not sweet

Question 3.
‘Croak’ is
(a) harsh noise
(b) baritonic
(c) rough
(d) pleasing
Answer:
(a) harsh noise

Question 4.
When did the morsel fall?
(a) when the Raven flew
(b) when the Raven opened his mouth to sing
(c) when Reynard spoke in praise
(d) none of the above
Answer:
(b) when the Raven opened his mouth to sing

Question 5.
What led Reynard to praise the Raven?
(a) snatching the food
(b) to cheat the Raven and snatch his food
(c) to show the Raven’s beauty
(d) all of the above
Answer:
(b) to cheat the Raven and snatch his food

4. “Ha-ha!” laughed the Fox. “And now you know, Ignore sweet words that make you glow. Pride, my friend, is rather unwise; I’m sure this teaching is quite a surprise.” (Page 14)

Question 1.
When did the Fox laugh?
(a) when he had snatched the morsel by a trick
(b) when the Raven flew
(c) when Reynard had cheated the Raven
(d) when Raven came to the ground
Answer:
(a) when he had snatched the morsel by a trick

Question 2.
What happens between the Raven and Reynard shows
(a) that foxes are clever animals
(b) the foxes’ cheating ability
(c) pride hath a fall
(d) one must analyze things
Answer:
(c) pride hath a fall

Question 3.
Pride is rather unwise
(a) because it leads to man’s defeat
(b) means pride always causes loss
(c) is bad from the human side
(d) (a) & (b)
Answer:
(d) (a) & (b)

Question 4.
The story teaches us a great truth about life. It is that
(a) we should shun cheating
(b) we should ignore the truths of life
(c) pride leads one to a loss
(d) all of the above
Answer:
(c) pride leads one to a loss

Question 5.
Why did the Fox laugh?
(a) to show his success
(b) to snatch the morsel in a clever method
(c) when the morsel fell down
(d) all of the above
Answer:
(a) to show his success

The Raven and the Fox Class 6 MCQs Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1.
What was Raven carrying in his beak
(a) something to play with
(b) A leaf
(c) Something to eat
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) Something to eat

Question 2.
Who was Raven
(a) An animal
(b) An insect
(c) A bird
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) A bird

Question 3.
Fox spoke
(a) Abusive words to Raven
(b) Admiring words to Raven
(c) Told a story to Raven
(d) Sang a song to Raven
Answer:
(b) Admiring words to Raven

Question 4.
Who was foolish
(a) Fox
(b) Raven
(c) Both Fox and Raven
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(b) Raven

Question 5.
What was Raven’s action and thought
(a) Forgot that his voice was a croak
(b) went into foolish pride
(c) opened his mouth
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above

Question 6.
What the Fox ask the Raven to become
(a) King of birds of woods
(b) handsome
(c) Sir Raven
(d) Singer
Answer:
(a) King of birds of woods

Question 7.
.’’Ha-Ha! —–surprise
(a) He laughed
(b) We must not be flattered by sweet words
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 8.
What did Fox say about pride
(a) Pride is wise
(b) makes you happy
(c) It is unwise
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(c) It is unwise