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3. What was one accustomed to say about the emperor?

a. He is sitting in council.

b. He is always donating to the poor.

c. He is always travelling.

d. The Emperor is sitting in the wardrobe.

4. Who arrived in his kingdom after a passage of time?

a. two rogues pretending to be weavers

b. a messenger from the neighbourhood kingdom

c. a gem seller

d. a priest

5. What did these rogues tell the king about the quality of the woven clothes?

a. dull and inexpensive b. gets easily torn

c. cannot be destroyed by fire

d. invisible to the ones who were unfit for the office they hold

6. Why did the king desire to have those splendid clothes?

a. to distinguish the wise from the foolish

b. to make a fool of himself

c. to help the weavers as they needed money

d. to harass everyone

7. What did the two rogues pretend to do?

a. set up two looms and started working busily on the invisible looms

b. to make the loom

c. to cut the cloth

d. to stitch the cloth

8. What is the meaning of the word ‘extraordinarily’ as used in the story?

a. exceptionally b. average

c. common d. normal

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