LAQ from "Three Questions" 2025

Q.1)  " You have already been answered"--

(a) Who said this to whom?

(b) How had the person referred to been answered?******

Ans. (a) In Leo Tolstoy's short story, "Three Questions", the hermit said this to the Tsar.

(b) The Tsar had been answered by his own real-life experience in response to the hermit's belief that experience is the best teacher. The hermit does not answer directly, but instead digs the ground and then the Tsar continues to dig. At the end, the hermit says " the most important time was when you were digging the beds for me out of pity; and I was the most important man ; and to do good for me was your most important business. He further said that, if you would not have saved the wounded man, Tsar's enemy, he would not have become your friend so easily.

Q.2. "Forgive me! said the bearded man"---

(a) To Whom did the bearded man ask for forgiveness?

(b) Why did he ask for forgiveness? *******

Ans. (a) The bearded man asked for forgiveness from the Tsar in the Leo Tolstoy's short story "Three Questions".

(b) The bearded man was severely wounded by the Tsar's bodyguard. He was an avowed عہد کرنا enemy of the Tsar because the Tsar had executed his brother earlier and seized his property. The man waited to avenge بدلہ his brother's death, but as the Tsar did not return from the hermit's place, the man came out from his hidden place in search of the Tsar. While looking for the Tsar, he came across the bodyguard of the Tsar who recognized the man and wounded him fatally. The man would have died as he was bleeding profusely, but by a chance of fate, the Tsar became his saviour. He bandaged the wounds and provided him water and rest with the help of the hermit. Now the man repented his sin and craved for the forgiveness of the Tsar. He took an oath to serve the Tsar through generations.

Q.3) How was the wounded man revived and nursed? why did he ask forgiveness? What did the Tsar do when he had gained the man for a friend?

 Ans. The Tsar and the hermit unfastened the wounded man's clothes. There was a Large wound in his stomach. The Tsar Washed it, bandaged it with his handkerchief and the hermit's towel. In this way, the wounded man was revived and nursed.

The wounded man wanted to Kill the Tsar. He was in search of an opportunity to Kill. Unfortunately, he Came upon the Tsar's bodyguards and they wounded him.But the Tsar Saved his life. That's why, he asked forgiveness of the Tsar.

The Tsar forgave the wounded man. He said him that he would send his Servants and physicians to attend him. He promised him to restore his property.

Q.4) " All the answers being different, the Tsar agreed with none of them".

(a). What were the questions to which the Tsar got different answers?

(b) Whom did the Tsar decide to consult?

(c). Where did the person live whom he wanted to consult? What was he famous for?

Ans. (a) The three questions that the Tsar got different answered were what was the right time to begin everything, who were the right people to listen to and whom to avoid and the work that needed his utmost attention.

(b) The Tsar decided to consult the hermit because he knew the hermit was wise enough to give answers to his three questions

(c) The person, hermit whom the Tsar wanted to consult,  lived in a wood which he never quitted

The hermit was widely famous for his wisdom.

Q.5) "Here comes someone running" --

Who said this to whom? Who was coming? Why did he come running? Discribe his condition? How was he wounded? How he was received at the hermit cell/ cottage? ****

Ans. In the short story, ' Three Questions' the hermit said this to the Tsar.

A wounded man was coming toward the hermit's hut.

He came running out of the forest because he somehow escaped from the shackles of the Tsar’s bodyguard, who otherwise would have killed him.

The man was severely injured and bleeding profusely. His clothes were soaked in blood, and he was almost collapsing from exhaustion and the loss of blood.

The man had been lying in ambush to attack the Tsar, seeking revenge for the execution of his brother and the confiscation of his property. However, the Tsar's bodyguards discovered him and wounded him while defending the Tsar.

The wounded man was received with sympathy at the hermit’s cottage. He was nursed with great care by the Tsar who was assisted by the hermit. The Tsar did his best to stop the blood flow by washing and bandaging the wound again and again. Finally blood ceased flowing and the man’s life was saved.

(Q:6) What were the three questions the Tsar wanted to get answers? Why did he need answers? Why was he not satisfied with the answers of the learned men? Whom did he finally decide to consult?****

Ans. The three questions that the Tsar wanted to be answered were what was the right time to start every work, who were the right people to listen to and whom to avoid and the work that needed his utmost attention.

The Tsar needed correct answers to those three questions because he hoped that, if he could gain proper information then he would never fail in anything he might do.

The Tsar was not satisfied with the answers given by the scholars and the learned men because the answers were different from one another.

When the Tsar 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.