Chapter 4 – The Model Millionaire Solutions & Q&A

Content Structure

  • 1. About the author – Oscar Wilde
  • 3. Summary of The Garden Party
  • 3. Word meanings
  • 4. Additional Multiple Choice Questions Answers (MCQs)

1. About the author – Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was a famous Irish writer who lived in the 19th century. He was known for his unique style, elegant dress, bold personality, clever jokes, and sharp sense of humor. He wrote many famous books, plays, and stories, like An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance, and The Happy Prince and Other Tales.

2. Summary

The story “The Model Millionaire” is about a kind and gentle young man named Hughie Erskine. He is handsome and friendly, but he cannot keep a job and does not earn enough money. Because of this, he lives on a small allowance from his aunt. Hughie is in love with a girl named Laura Merton, and the two of them are liked by everyone. However, Laura’s father wants Hughie to have ten thousand pounds of his own before they can get married. Hughie has a friend named Alan Trevor who is a well-known painter. One day, Hughie visits Alan’s studio and sees him painting an old beggar dressed in torn clothes. The beggar is posing as the model for the painting. Hughie feels very sorry for the poor man and thinks the model should get more money for his hard work. When Alan steps out for a while, Hughie talks kindly to the beggar. He feels so sad for him that he gives the old man his last gold coin, even though Hughie knows he will have to walk everywhere for many days because now he has no money left. That evening, Hughie meets Alan again and learns a shocking truth. The old beggar is not poor at all. He is actually Baron Hausberg, one of the richest men in Europe. Hughie feels embarrassed that he gave money to such a rich man, and Alan laughs at the situation. The next morning, a messenger from the Baron visits Hughie and hands him a cheque for ten thousand pounds as a wedding gift. The Baron wants to reward Hughie for having such a good heart. Now Hughie can finally marry Laura. Alan becomes the best man at the wedding, and Baron Hausberg gives a speech, calling Hughie “the model millionaire” not for his wealth, but for his kindness and generosity.

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3. Word meanings

 WordMeaning
1.Wealthy Rich
2.Follow Go after
3.Privilege Special right
4.Prosaic Ordinary
5.Peninsular Land surrounded by water on three sides
6.Intellectually Using the mind
7.Cavalry Soldiers on horses
8.CharmingVery attractive 
9.Escape Get away
10.Sherry A type of wine
11.Pounds Money
12.Ineffectual Not useful
13.Fond Liking something
14.Glum Unhappy
15.Worse More bad
16.Handsomest Most good-looking
17.Consolation Comfort in sadness
18.Indeed Truly
19.Cobbled Covered with stones
20.Shilling Old money unit
21.Attains Reaches
22.Miserable Very unhappy
23.Whispered Spoke softly
24.Assure Promise or tell confidently
25.Chap Man or boy
26.Battered Beaten
27.Cloak Long coat
28.Buoyant Cheerful or happy
29.Raised Lifted up
30.Flung Threw
31.Ragged Torn
32.Eagerly With excitement
33.Pleasure Happiness
34.Spirits Mood
35.Coarse Rough
36.Wizened Dry and wrinkled
37.Parchment Paper made from animal skin
38.Generous Kind and giving
39.Wrinkled Having lines on skin or clothes
40.Tears and tatters Ripped and torn pieces
41.Repose Calmness
42.Chatter Talk quickly
43.Fortnight Two weeks
44.Withered Dried
45.Prospects Future possibilities
46.Quiet Silent
47.Forlorn Lonely
48.Faint Weak
49.Conquest Winning
50.Dreadful Very bad,
51.Devoted Very loyal
52.Miserable Very unhappy
53.Exclaimed Said loudly
54.Picturesqueness Beauty like a picture
55.Heaps Piles
56.Relentless Never stopping
57.Dines Eats a meal
58.Sank Went down
59.Apology Saying sorry
60.Reflects Shows
61.Sulkly Sadly
62.Devil Evil spirit
63.Extended Stretched out
64.Growled Made a low angry sound
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4. Additional Multiple Choice Questions Answers (MCQs)

1. Who enjoys the right to romance in the story?
(a) Intelligence
(b) Romance
(c) Practicality
(d) Professionalism

Ans: (b) Romance

2. Who didn’t understand modern life truths?
(a) The rich
(b) Laura
(c) Hughie Erskine
(d) The unemployed

Ans: (c) Hughie Erskine

2. How smart is Hughie?
(a) Extremely intelligent
(b) Not of much importance
(c) Very witty
(d) Quite brilliant

Ans: (b) Not of much importance

4. What did Hughie never say?
(a) A brilliant or ill-natured thing
(b) A romantic phrase
(c) An intelligent remark
(d) A kind word

Ans: (a) A brilliant or ill-natured thing

5. What color is Hughie’s hair?
(a) Black
(b) Brown
(c) Blonde
(d) Grey

Ans: (c) Blonde

6. What color are Hughie’s eyes?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Grey
(d) Brown

Ans: (d) Brown

7. What did Hughie not have?
(a) Intelligence
(b) Wealth
(c) Making money
(d) Popularity

Ans: (b) Wealth

8. Who is called a “butterfly”?
(a) Hughie Erskine
(b) A stockbroker
(c) Hughie’s father
(d) Hughie’s aunt

Ans: (a) Hughie Erskine

9. What are ‘pekoe’ and ‘souchong’?
(a) Types of wine
(b) Types of tea
(c) Types of sherry
(d) Types of coffee

Ans: (b) Types of tea

10. What did Hughie try selling after tea?
(a) A Coffee
(b) Silk
(c) Dry sherry
(d) Tobacco

Ans: (c) Dry sherry

11. Which job did Hughie never try?
(a) Stockbroker
(b) Tea-merchant
(c) Sherry-seller
(d) Lawyer

Ans: (d) Lawyer

12. Who did Hughie love?
(a) Laura Merton
(b) Colonel’s wife
(c) A girl from India
(d) Laura Sherry

Ans: (a) Laura Merton

13. Who was the best man at the wedding?
(a) Baron Hausberg
(b) Monsieur Gustave Naudin
(c) Alan Trevor
(d) Hughie’s father

Ans: (c) Alan Trevor

14. What did the Baron do at the wedding breakfast?
(a) Gave a toast
(b) Offered a gift
(c) Sang a song
(d) Made a speech

Ans: (a) Gave a toast

15. Who wrote The Model Millionaire?
(a) Oscar Wilde
(b) Charles Dickens
(c) Mark Twain
(d) Jane Austen

Ans: (a) Oscar Wilde

16. Who does Hughie refer to as ‘that old beggar’?
(a) Trevor
(b) The Colonel
(c) The old model
(d) Himself

Ans: (c) The old model

17. Who is the old beggar?
(a) A wealthy man
(b) A beggar
(c) A poor man
(d) A painter

Ans: (b) A beggar

18. What did Hughie say about the Baron?
(a) “What a wonderful man!”
(b) “What on earth do you mean?”
(c) “I don’t believe it!”
(d) “That’s unbelievable!”

Ans: (b) “What on earth do you mean?”

19. How did Trevor describe the old man?
(a) A painter
(b) A beggar
(c) A friend
(d) A millionaire

Ans: (d) A millionaire

20. Who gave Hughie 200 pounds a year?
(a) An old grandfather
(b) His mother
(c) An old aunt
(d) His father

Ans: (c) An old aunt

21. What was Laura’s dad’s job?
(a) A soldier
(b) A merchant
(c) A retired colonel
(d) A farmer

Ans: (c) A retired colonel

22. How much allowance did Hughie get from his aunt?
(a) 400 pounds
(b) 100 pounds
(c) 300 pounds
(d) 200 pounds

Ans: (d) 200 pounds

23. What was Trevor painting?
(a) A city landscape
(b) A beggar-man
(c) A beautiful woman
(d) A self-portrait

Ans: (b) A beggar-man

24. What does “bête” mean?
(a) Stupid of dull
(b) Beautiful
(c) Intelligent
(d) Wealthy

Ans: (a) Stupid or dull

25. What is Alan Trevor’s job?
(a) Architect
(b) Sculptor
(c) Writer
(d) Painter

Ans: (d) Painter

26. Who is the “amazing model”?
(a) A beggar man
(b) A model
(c) Aian Trevor
(d) Hughie

Ans: (a) A beggar man

27. How was the beggar’s cloak?
(a) Torn and patched
(b) Brand new
(c) Pristine
(d) Clean and neat

Ans: (a) Torn and patched

28. What did the beggar wear on his feet?
(a) Thick boots
(b) Shiny shoes
(c) Slippers
(d) Sandals

Ans: (c) Slippers

29. What did Trevor tell Hughie when leaving?
(a) To come with him
(b) To wait for him
(c) To talk to the beggar
(d) To leave the studio

Ans: (d) To leave the studio

30. How did Hughie feel when he saw the beggar?
(a) Angry
(b) Indifferent
(c) Pity
(d) Fearful

Ans: (c) Pity

31. What did Hughie do with the money?
(a) Keep it for himself
(b) Give the beggar the sovereign
(c) Ignore the beggar
(d) Call the police

Ans: (b) Give the beggar the sovereign

32. How did the beggar react?
(a) He rejected it
(b) He asked for more
(c) He smiled faintly
(d) He ran away

Ans: (c) He smiled faintly

33. Who shouted, “An amazing model”?
(a) Hughie
(b) Trevor
(c) The beggar
(d) none of them

Ans: (b) Trevor

34. Who was Rembrandt?
(a) A famous French playwright
(b) A renowned Dutch artist
(c) A famous British poet
(d) A German philosopher

Ans: (b) A renowned Dutch artist

35. Who was Velasquez?
(a) A famous composer
(b) A renowned painter
(c) A famous sculptor
(d) A well-known poet

Ans: (b) A renowned painter

36. Who is “poor old chap”?
(a) The beggar
(b) Trevor
(c) Velasquez
(d) Rembrandt

Ans: (a) The beggar

37. What did Hughie say about the beggar?
(a) “How wealthy he looks!”
(b) “How miserable he looks!”
(c) “How happy he looks!”
(d) “What a great artist!”

Ans: (c) “How happy he looks!”

38. How much does a model get?
(a) A shilling a day
(b) Two pounds an hour
(c) A shilling an hour
(d) Two shillings a day

Ans: (c) A shilling an hour

39. How much did Trevor get for painting?
(a) Two hundred guineas
(b) One thousand pounds
(c) Two thousand guineas
(d) Five hundred pounds

Ans: (a) Two hundred guineas

40. What did Baron wear during painting?
(a) Fine clothes
(b) A suit
(c) Rags
(d) Armour

Ans: (c) Rags

41. Whose rags did Baron Hausberg wear?
(a) Trevor’s
(b) His own
(c) Hughie’s
(d) A stranger’s

Ans: (b) His own

42. What did Hughie give the old man?
(a) A coin
(b) A sovereign
(c) A cheque
(d) A dollar

Ans: (b) A sovereign

43. What does Trevor think about poverty?
(a) A sign of failure
(b) A burden
(c) Picturesqueness
(d) Discomfort

Ans: (c) Picturesqueness

44. Who said “An artist’s heart is his head”?
(a) Trevor
(b) Hughie
(c) The old model
(d) Rembrandt

Ans: (a) Trevor

45. What does “À chacun son métier” mean?
(a) Everyone should help each other
(b) Each to their own profession
(c) Life is beautiful
(d) Art is above all professions

Ans: (b) Each to their own profession

46. Who liked Laura a lot according to Trevor?
(a) Hughie
(b) The Colonel
(c) The old model
(d) Trevor himself

Ans: (a) Hughie

47. Where did Hughie put the sovereign?
(a) pocket
(b) bag
(c) Hand
(d) Sleeve

Ans: (a) pocket

48. Hughie went to the __ around 11 o’clock.
(a) Palette club
(b) Spain
(c) Europe troop Holland park
(d) Rags

Ans: (a) Palette club

49. According to Trevor, an artist’s heart is his __.
(a) money
(b) private affairs
(c) commission
(d) Head

Ans: (d) Head

50. Baron Hausberg was rich in __.
(a) Europe
(b) Spain
(c) England
(d) America

Ans: (a) Europe

51. Who said “What a duffer he must think me!”?
(a) Hughie
(b) Baron Hausberg
(c) Trevor
(d) Laura

Ans: (a) Hughie

52. “I am an unlucky _____________ growled Hughie.
(a) fool
(b) devil
(c) man
(d) beggar

Ans: (b) devil

53. Alan Trevor invited Hughie to stay and have another ____________.
(a) drink
(b) book
(c) cigarette
(d) meal

Ans: (d) meal

54. Hughie thought the visitor had come for a/an _____________.
(a) interview
(b) argument
(c) apology
(d) invitation

Ans: (c) apology

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