Sample QuestionsU-11. The Proposal questions
One sample from each question group in this chapter. Select any group above to see the full set with answer keys.
CHUBUKOV: Don’t excite yourself, dear , boy ……………. Allow me …………… Your Guesser certainly has his good points ………………. He’s purebred, firm on his feet, has well-sprung ribs, and all that and so on. But, if you want to know the truth, that dog has two defects: he’s old and he’s short in the muzzle.
LOMOV: You’ll have to excuse me but I’m having severe heart murmurs …………… Let’s face the facts ………….. shall we? You will remember that oh the Marusinsky hunt my Guesser ran neck-and-neck with the Count’s dog, Fresher while your Messer was chasing up the rear.
CHUBUKOV: He got left behind because the Count hit him with his whip.
LOMOV: He had good reason. The dogs are supposed to rim after a fox, but Messer went and started chasing a sheep!
CHUBUKOV: It’s not true! ……………. Now, I’m very liable to lose my temper, and so, let’s stop arguing. You started because everybody is always jealous of everybody else’s dogs. Yes, we’re all like that! You no sooner notice that some dog is better than your Guesser than you begin with this, that ……………. and so on ……………… and all that …………….. I remember everything!
$Q.1$. For which part of the dog’s body is the word ‘muzzle’ used?
$A$. Posterior part $B$. Projecting mouth and nose of dog
$C$. Belly part $D$. Neck part
$Q.2$. The meaning of the phrase ‘ran neck-and- neck’ means ……………….
$A$. ‘with the same pace’. $B$. ‘keeping others behind’.
$C$. Tagging behind’. $D$. ‘in cutthroat competition’.
$Q.3$. Messer is ………………
$A$. the Count. $B$. Lomov’s dog.
$C$. Chubukov’s dog. $D$. a sheep.
$Q.4$. What is Lomov suffering from?
$A$. severe cold. $B$. heart problem.
$C$. severe headache.$D$. sleeplessness.
View full solution →LOMOV: But, Stepan Stepanitch, how can they be yours ? Please be reasonable man! My aunt’s grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather’s peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got as accustomed to it as if it was their own, but what happened was ……………… .
CHUBUKOV: Excuse me ………….. . You have forgotten that the peasants didn’t pay your grandmother and all that, , because the Meadows were in dispute, and so on. And now every dog in the village knows that they’re ours. It means that you haven’t seen the survey plans.
LOMOV: I’ll prove to you that they’re mine !
CHUBUKOV: You won’t prove it.
LOMOV: I shall!
CHUBUKOV:Why yell like that? You won’t prove anything by yelling. I don’t want anything of yours, and don’t intend to give up anything of mine. Why should I ? And furthermore if you intend to go on arguing about it, I’d just as soon give the meadows over to the peasants than let you have them. So there!
$Q.1$. Lomov argues about the ownership of the meadows that the meadows actually belonged to ……………..
$A$. his aunt.
$B$. his aunt’s grandmother.
$C$. Chubukov’s grandfather.
$D$. Lomov’s peasants.
$Q.2$. Because the meadows being in dispute, ………………
$A$. Lomov could not claim the meadows to be his.
$B$. Chubukov could not claim the meadows to be his.
$C$. the peasants didn’t pay Lomov’s grandmother.
$D$. Lomov’s aunt could not claim the meadows to be hers.
$Q.3$. ‘And now every dog in the village knows that they’re ours’. This sentence means …………………
$A$. ‘It is widely known that the meadows belonged to Chubukov and his forefathers’.
$B$. ‘Nobody can deny that the meadows belonged to Chubukov and his forefathers’.
$C$. ‘Every dog in the village has visited those meadows.’
$D$. ‘Very few persons in the village know that the meadows belonged to Chubukov and his forefathers’.
$Q.4$. Chubukov will finally …………………
$A$. go to the court to have his claim over the meadows realized.
$B$. will not allow his daughter to marry Lomov.
$C$. will give away the meadows to the peasants.
$D$. All of these three
View full solution →LOMOV. It’s cold …………. I’m trembling all over…………… I must resolve myself. I need steely determination. If I hesitate, I’m finished. If I take time to look for an ideal, or for real love, then I’ll never get married ………….. (Shivers)………….. It’s so cold ! Natalya Stepanovna is an excellent housekeeper, not bad-looking… well-educated ………….. What more do I want ? Oh I’m getting that ringing in my ears again!. (Drinks) In any event, I need to marry. It’s a simple as that. I’m already $35 -1$ ought to lead a quiet and regular life with no upsets.
I’m suffering from palpitations, I’m far too excitable. At this very moment my lips are trembling, and I’m getting that twitch in my right eyebrow ….again! But the worst thing of all is………. sleep ………… or the lack of it! As soon as my head hits the pillow, something in my left side-gives a pull, (makes a stretching sound) and I can feel it in my shoulder and head ……………. I jump up like a lunatic, walk about a bit, and lie down again, but as soon as I begin to get off to sleep, it happens again (stretching sound) there’s another pull! And this may happen s twenty times ……………….
$Q.1$. Which sentence / s show that Lomov is not confident ?
$A$. I’m trembling all over.
$B$. I must resolve myself.
$C$. I hesitate, I’m finished.
$D$. All these three.
$Q.2$. Lomov has no great expectations from Stepanovna as a wife. Which of the following sentences shows this?
$A$. I need steely determination.
$B$. What more do I want?
$C$. In any event, I need to marry.
$D$. Natalya Stepanovna is an excellent house-keeper.
$Q.3$. Lomov does not want to ………………….
$A$. accept the proposal.
$B$. come out of his excitement.
$C$. sleep.
$D$. walk about a bit.
$Q.4$. Lomov is quite resolute about getting married because ………………
$A$. he is getting overage for marriage.
$B$. he needs to lead a quiet and regular life.
$C$. he wants to get the property of Natalya.
$D$. Both $‘A’$ and $‘B’$.
View full solution →He's purebred, Firm on his feet, has well-sprung ribs, and all that. But, my dear man, if you want to know the truth, that dog has two defects: he’s old and he’s short in the muzzle.Questions :
$Q.1$. Which dog is being spoken about?
$A$. Harness $B$. Squeezer $C$. Guess $D$. Chisels
$Q.2$. What was the dog’s defect?
$1$. old $2$. purebred $3$. short in the muzzle $4$. well-sprung ribs
$A$. 1, 3 $B$. 1, 2 $C$. 2, 3, 4 $D$. 1, 3, 4
$Q.3$. Who has penned the above story?
$A$. Betty Renshaw $B$. Gavin Maxwell $C$. Lucio Rodrigues $D$. Anton Chekov
$Q.4$. Who speaks the above lines?
$A$. Stepan $B$. Ivan $C$. Nastasya $D$. Natalya
View full solution →You see my aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of these Meadows in perpetuity to the peasants of your father’s grandfather, in return for which they were to make bricks for her. The peasants belonging to your father’s grandfather had the free use of the Meadows for forty years, and had got into the habit of regarding them as their own.Questions :
$Q.1$. Whose grandmother gave the meadows to the peasants to use?
$A$. Lomov’ s grandmother $B$. Lomov' s aunt’ s grandmother
$C$. Chubukov’ s grandmother $D$. Lomov’ s mother’s grandmother
$Q.2$. What were the peasants required to give for freely using the meadows?
$A$. Corn $B$. May $C$. Bricks $D$. Free farm service
$Q.3$. For how long did the peasants make use of the meadows freely?
$A$. Twenty years $B$. Thirty years $C$. Twenty five years $D$. Forty years
$Q.4$. Which is not synonym of ‘perpetuity’?
$A$. Briefness $B$. Permanency $C$. Endlessness $D$. Infinity
View full solution →How much hay have you stacked? Just think, I felt greedy and had a whole field cut, and now I'm not at all pleased about it because I’m afraid my hay may rot. I ought to have waited a bit. But what’s this? Why, you’re in evening dress!.
Questions :
$Q.1$. Who was in an evening dress?
$A$. Lomov $B$. Stepan $C$. Natalya $D$. Chubukov
$Q.2$. At whose house did the above scene take place?
$A$. Ivan Volchanetsky $B$. Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov $C$. Nastasya Mihailovna $D$. Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov
View full solution →How much hay have you stacked? Just think, I felt greedy and had a whole field cut, and now I'm not at all pleased about it because I’m afraid my hay may rot. I ought to have waited a bit. But what’s this? Why, you’re in evening dress!.
Questions :
$Q.1$. Who is ‘I’ in the passage?
$A$. Stepan $B$. Lomov $C$. Natalya $D$. Chubukov
$Q.2$. Why would the hay rot?
$A$. Because of overflowing river $B$. Because of rain
$C$. Because Of Snow $D$. Because it had not been stacked
View full solution →I can hardly believe my own ears. These Meadows aren’t worth much to me. They only come to five dessiatins, and are worth perhaps $300$ roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness. Say what you will, I can't stand unfairness.
Questions :
$Q.1$. What is the value of the meadows?
$A$. Five dessiatins $B$. Three hundred roubles
$C$. Two lac rupees $D$. None of the above
$Q.2$. What is the name of the meadows?
$A$. Border meadow $B$. Lomov meadows
$C$. Oxen meadows $D$. Birchwoods meadows
View full solution →I can hardly believe my own ears. These Meadows aren’t worth much to me. They only come to five dessiatins, and are worth perhaps $300$ roubles, but I can’t stand unfairness. Say what you will, I can't stand unfairness.
Questions :
$Q.1$. Who is saying the above words?
$A$. Chubukov $B$. Ivan $C$. Lomov $D$. Natalya
$Q.2$. What is the area of the meadows?
$A$. Five dessiatins $B$. Three hundred roubles
$C$. Two acres $D$. None of the above
View full solution →To court? You can take it to court, and all that! You can! I know you; you re just on the look out for a chance to go to court, and all that. You pettifogger! All your people were like that. All of them!
Questions :
$Q.1$. From which story is the above passage taken?
$A$. The Proposal $B$. The Thief’s story
$C$. The Hack Driver $D$. A Question of Trust
$Q.2$. What is meant by ‘pettifogger'?
$A$. A cunning well known lawyer. $B$. A lawyer using petty methods for winning
$C$. A disrespectful judge. $D$. A legal practioner not knowing the law.
View full solution →I can make you a present of them myself, because they are mine! Your behaviour, Ivan Vassilevitch, is strange, to say the least! Up to this we have always thought of you as a good neighbour, a friend; last year we lent you our threshing-machine, although on that account we had to put off our own threshing till November, but you behave to us as if we were gypsies. Giving me my own land, indeed! No, really, that's not at all neighbourly. In my opinion, it is even impudent if you want to know.
(x1). Who is speaking to whom?
(x2). How had she helped her neighbour?
(x3). What did the speaker do last year?
Oxen meadows, its true, was once the subject of dispute, but now everybody knows that they are mine. There's nothing to argue about. You see my aunt's grandmother gave the free use of these Meadows in perpetuity to the peasants of your father's grandfather, in return for which they were to make bricks for her.
(x1). Who is the speaker of these lines?
(x2). Who is he speaking to?
(x3). What was the 'subject of dispute'?
No, you're simply joking, or making fun of me. What a surprise! We've had the land for nearly three hundred years, and then we're suddenly told that it isn't ours! Ivan Vassilevitch, I can hardly believe my own ears. These Meadows aren't worth much to me. They only come to five dessiatins, and are worth perhaps 300 roubles, but I can't stand unfairness.
SHORT QUESTION-ANSWERS
(x1). Who is making fun of whom?
(x2). For how long did they have the land?
(x3). Who is the speaker of these lines?
Last year we lent you our threshing-machine, although on that account we had to put off our own threshing till November, but you behave to us as if we were gypsies. Giving me my own land indeed! No, really, that's not at all neighbourly! In my opinion, it's even impudent, if you want to know.
(x1). What did the speaker do last year?
(x2). What happened after that?
(x3). How did Natalya try to prove that they were at least good neighbours?
He is old, but I wouldn't take five Squeezers for him. Why, how can you? Guess is a dog; as for Squeezer, well, it's too funny to argue. Anybody you like has a dog as good as Squeezer you may find I them under every bush almost. Twenty-five roubles would be a handsome price to pay for him.
(x1). Who does 'he' refer to?
(x2). Whom does Squeezer belong to?
(x3). Who is the speaker of these lines?
(dear, good, short, firm, well-sprung)
Don't excite yourself, my precious one. Allow me. Your Guess certainly has his __________ points. He's purebred, __________ on his feet, has __________ ribs, and all that. But, my __________ man, you want to know the truth, that dog has two defects: he's old and he's __________ in the muzzle.
(pretend, silly, contradiction, perfectly, Squeezer)
There's some demon of __________ in you today, Ivan Vassilevitch. First you __________ that the Meadows are yours; now, that Guess is better than __________. I don't like people who don't say what they mean, because you know __________ well that Squeezer is a hundred times better than your __________ Guess.
(friend, neighbour, gypsies, account, threshing)
Up to this we have always thought of you as a good __________ , a __________ ; last year we lent you our threshing-machine, although on that __________ we had to put off our own __________ till November, but you behave to us as if we were __________
(pleased, splendid, greedy, wet, stacked)
The weather is __________ now, but yesterday it was so __________ that the workmen didn't do anything all day. How much hay have you __________? Just think, I felt __________ and had a whole field cut, and now I'm not at all __________ about it because I'm afraid my hay may rot.
(love, angel, idiotic, hope, own)
And I've always loved you, my __________ as if you were my __________ son, May God give you both His help and His __________ and so on, and so much __________ What am I behaving in this __________ way for?
$(i)$ Find all the words and expressions in the play that the characters use to speak about each other, and the accusations and insults they hurl at each other. (For example, Lomov in the end. calls Chubukov an intriguer; but earlier, Chubukov has himself called Lomov a “malicious, double faced intriguer.” Again, Lomov begins by describing Nayalya as “an excellent housekeeper, not bad-looking, well-educated.”)
View full solution →Chubukov says of Natalya:”… as if she won’t consent! She’s in love; egad, she’s’ like a lovesick cat…” Would you agree ? Find reasons for your answer.
What does Chubukov at first suspect that Lomov has come for? Is he sincere when he later says “And I’ve always loved you, my angel, as if you were my own son” ? Find reasons for your answer from the play.
Describe the character of Natalya in few sentences.
Briefly describe the character of Lomov.
| | Error | Correction |
| CHUBUKOV. on court ? You go ahead, | | |
| can bring it to court, and all that. | | |
| By all mines do! I know you. | | |
| You’re just looking after a chance | | |
| All your people was like that! | | |
| your family is famous for suing somebody and everybody. | | |
Chubukov:Why are you so formal? What’s the occasion ? Why the evening dress, gloves, and so
on and all that. Are you going somewhere ?
Lomov: No, I’ve come only to see you, honoured Stepan Stepanovitch.
Natalya: It’s not true ! I’ll prove it! I’ll send my mowers out to the Meadows this very day!
Lomov:What ?
Natalya: My powers will be there this very day!
Lomov: I’ll give it to them in the neck! Natalya :You dare!
Chubukov : And that blind hen, yes, that turnip-ghost has the confounded cheek to make a proposal, and so on!
Natalya : What proposal?
Chubukov : Why, he came here to propose to you.
Lomov : Never mind about my people! The Lomovs have all been honourable people, and not one has ever been tried for embezzlement, like your grandfather!
Chubukov : You Lomovs have had lunacy in your family, all of you!
Lomov : We'll see! I'll have the matter taken to court, and then I'll show you!
Chubukov: To court? You can take it to court, and all that! You can! I know you; you're just on the look-out for a chance to go to court, and all that. You pettifogger! All your people were like that! All of them!
Rectify the errors:
| | Error | Correction |
| Q.1. I'm excitable and always get | _________ | _________ |
| Q.2. awfully upset; at this very moment my lips is trembling, | _________ | _________ |
| Q.3. and there's a twitch in his right eyebrow. But the very | _________ | _________ |
| Q.4. worst of all is the way I sleep. I no sooner get into bad | _________ | _________ |
Rectify the errors:
| | Error | Correction |
| Q.1. It's not true! My dear fellow, I was very liable to lose my | _________ | _________ |
| Q.2. temper, and so, just because of that, let's stop argues. | _________ | _________ |
| Q.3. You started because everybody is always jealous on | _________ | _________ |
| Q.4. everybody else's dogs. Yes, we have all like that! | _________ | _________ |
Rectify the errors:
| | Error | Correction |
| Q.1. I can make you a present of them mine, because they're | _________ | _________ |
| Q.2. mine! Your behaviour is stranger, to say the least! Up to | _________ | _________ |
| Q.3. this we have always thought of your as a good neighbour, | _________ | _________ |
| Q.4. a friend; last year we lent you ours threshing machine, | _________ | _________ |
Rectify the errors:
| | Error | Correction |
| Q.1. And l've always loving you, my angel, as if you were | _________ | _________ |
| Q.2. my own son. May God give your both- His help and | _________ | _________ |
| Q.3. His love and so on, and so more hope... What am I | _________ | _________ |
| Q.4. behaving in this idiot way for? I'm off my balance | _________ | _________ |
[ accustomed , land , temporary , peasants ]
My aunt's grandmother gave the Meadows for the ________ Q.1. _________ and free use of your grandfather’s ________ Q.2. _________ The peasants used the ________ Q.3. _________for forty years and got ________ Q.4. _________ to it as if it was their own.
[ twitch , trembling , palpitations , excitable ]
I suffer from ________ Q.1. _________ . I’m ________ Q.2. _________ and always getting awfully upset; at this very moment my lips are ________ Q.3. _________and there's a ________ Q.4. _________ in my right eyebrow .
You don't prove anything just by yelling. (Select the correct Interrogative sentence)
- A
Did you prove aything just by yelling?
- B
Didn't you prove aything just by yelling?
- ✓
Do you prove aything just by yelling?
- D
Don't you prove aything just by yelling?
Answer: C.
View full solution →There is nothing to argue about. (Select the correct Interrogative sentence)
- ✓
Is there anything to argue about?
- B
Is there nothing to argue about?
- C
Was there anything to argue about?
- D
Was there nothing to argue about?
Answer: A.
View full solution →It's too funny to argue. (Remove 'too')
- ✓
It's so funny that one cannot argue.
- B
It was so funny that one cannot argue.
- C
It isn't so funny that one cannot argue.
- D
It's so funny that one can argue.
Answer: A.
View full solution →Drink some water. (Change the Voice)
- A
Let some water been drunk.
- ✓
- C
- D
Some water is being drunk.
Answer: B.
View full solution →You don't prove anything just by yelling. (Select the correct Complex sentence)
- A
You don't prove anything if you stop yelling.
- B
If you do not keep on yelling, you don't prove anything.
- ✓
If you keep on yelling, you don't prove anything.
- D
You don't prove anything unless you yell.
Answer: C.
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