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  1. 1. In the Kingdom of Fools was retold by:
    • (a) A.K. Ramanujan
    • (b) Ruskin Bond
    • (c) O. Henry
    • (d) Oscar Wilde
  2. 2. In this kingdom, people must sleep by day and work by:
    • (a) noon
    • (b) night
    • (c) evening
    • (d) dawn
  3. 3. Everything in the kingdom costs:
    • (a) nothing
    • (b) a fortune
    • (c) the same single coin
    • (d) different prices
  4. 4. Why does the disciple stay in the kingdom?
    • (a) to teach
    • (b) to rule
    • (c) to hide
    • (d) for the cheap food
  5. 5. Name the two strange rules in the kingdom.
  6. 6. Why is the disciple chosen for execution?
  7. 7. How do the foolish king and minister turn the kingdom upside down?
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  1. 1. (a) A.K. Ramanujan — It is retold by A.K. Ramanujan.
  2. 2. (b) night — Day and night are reversed.
  3. 3. (c) the same single coin — Everything costs one coin.
  4. 4. (d) for the cheap food — He stays for the cheap food and grows fat.
  5. 5. Sleep by day and work by night, and everything costs one coin.
  6. 6. Because the stake fits only a fat man and he has grown fat.
  7. 7. The king and minister of this kingdom are both completely foolish, and they govern by ignoring all reason. They issue senseless decrees that overturn the natural order of life. First, they reverse day and night, ordering that everyone must sleep during the day and carry out all work at night, punishing those who do otherwise. Second, they fix the price of everything — no matter what it is or how valuable — at the same single coin, so that a measure of rice costs the same as anything else. These absurd rules create chaos and injustice, and they attract greedy people who come to enjoy the unnaturally cheap goods. The foolishness of the rulers eventually leads to a ridiculous chain of events around a thief's death, in which blame is passed senselessly from person to person until an innocent man is condemned. In this way, the rulers' lack of common sense throws the whole kingdom into disorder.
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