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Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 1

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

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! NATALYA: All, all, all!

CHUBUKOV: Your grandfather was a drunkard, and your younger aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, and so on...

LOMOV: And your mother was hump-backed. [Clutches at his heart] Something pulling in my side... My head.... Help! Water!

CHUBUKOV: Your father was a guzzling gambler!

Q. Choose the option that correctly identifies the tone of the characters in the given extract.

(1) antagonism

(2) humour

(3) contempt

(4) irony

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 1
The tone of the characters is that of dislike and resentment (antagonism) and disapproval and disrespect (contempt).
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 2

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

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! NATALYA: All, all, all!

CHUBUKOV: Your grandfather was a drunkard, and your younger aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, and so on...

LOMOV: And your mother was hump-backed. [Clutches at his heart] Something pulling in my side... My head.... Help! Water!

CHUBUKOV: Your father was a guzzling gambler!

Q. If according to Chubukov and Natalya, Lemons are not "honourable people", why do they still consider Lomov's proposal?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 2
Chubukov and Natalya still consider Lomov's proposal because Lomov's status in society supersedes everything.
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Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 3

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

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! NATALYA: All, all, all!

CHUBUKOV: Your grandfather was a drunkard, and your younger aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, and so on...

LOMOV: And your mother was hump-backed. [Clutches at his heart] Something pulling in my side... My head.... Help! Water!

CHUBUKOV: Your father was a guzzling gambler!

Q. The playwright's intention in the given extract is to

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 3
The playwright is making fun of the upper class in the Russian society.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 4

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

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! NATALYA: All, all, all!

CHUBUKOV: Your grandfather was a drunkard, and your younger aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, and so on...

LOMOV: And your mother was hump-backed. [Clutches at his heart] Something pulling in my side... My head.... Help! Water!

CHUBUKOV: Your father was a guzzling gambler!

Q. Which of the following options comes closest to the meaning of 'tried' as used in the extract?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 4
In the given extract, tried refers to proceedings of a court case which is closest to that used in option (b).
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 5

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

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! NATALYA: All, all, all!

CHUBUKOV: Your grandfather was a drunkard, and your younger aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, and so on...

LOMOV: And your mother was hump-backed. [Clutches at his heart] Something pulling in my side... My head.... Help! Water!

CHUBUKOV: Your father was a guzzling gambler!

Imagine you found the playwright's notes for each scene in the play and noticed that some of the words were missing.

Q. Choose the option that fills the missing words most appropriately.

A conversation that starts pleasantly quickly turns into a (i) _______ argument. With (ii) ________ of Oxen Meadows at the heart of the matter, Lomov and Natalya quarrel and are later joined by Chubukov. Thus, begins a (iii) __________ of insults, accusations and name-calling. All (iv) __________ disappears. Eventually, Lomov leaves clutching at his heart, his foot numb.

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 5
Vicious means spiteful or malicious. Ownership means being owner of something. Circus (here) means show or extravaganza. Civility means politeness and graciousness.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 6

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

CHUBUKOV: What a weight off my shoulders, ouf!

NATALYA: But, still you will admit now that Guess is worse than Squeezer.

LOMOV: Better!

NATALYA: Worse!

CHUBUKOV: Well, that's a way to start your family bliss! Have some champagne!

LOMOV: He's better!

NATALYA: Worse! Worse! Worse!

CHUBUKOV: [trying to shout her down] Champagne! Champagne!

Q. Which of the following titles of Shakespeare's plays might best apply to the relationship of Lomov and Natalya's relationship?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 6
Lomov and Chubukov are neighbours. They have a controversy on the issue of ownership of the Oxen Meadows. They also have a difference of opinion on the superiority of the breed of their dogs. Lomov wants to resolve the issue and visits Chubukov with a purpose to propose to Natalya.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 7

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

CHUBUKOV: What a weight off my shoulders, ouf!

NATALYA: But, still you will admit now that Guess is worse than Squeezer.

LOMOV: Better!

NATALYA: Worse!

CHUBUKOV: Well, that's a way to start your family bliss! Have some champagne!

LOMOV: He's better!

NATALYA: Worse! Worse! Worse!

CHUBUKOV: [trying to shout her down] Champagne! Champagne!

Q. Based on the extract, Lomov and Natalya's closing lines can best be seen as

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 7
The closing remarks of Lomov and Natalya in the extract are sarcastic and funny.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 8

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

CHUBUKOV: What a weight off my shoulders, ouf!

NATALYA: But, still you will admit now that Guess is worse than Squeezer.

LOMOV: Better!

NATALYA: Worse!

CHUBUKOV: Well, that's a way to start your family bliss! Have some champagne!

LOMOV: He's better!

NATALYA: Worse! Worse! Worse!

CHUBUKOV: [trying to shout her down] Champagne! Champagne!

Q. How would you characterise Chubukov's mood based on the given extract?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 8
Chubukov is relaxed and celebrating the moment.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 9

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

CHUBUKOV: What a weight off my shoulders, ouf!

NATALYA: But, still you will admit now that Guess is worse than Squeezer.

LOMOV: Better!

NATALYA: Worse!

CHUBUKOV: Well, that's a way to start your family bliss! Have some champagne!

LOMOV: He's better!

NATALYA: Worse! Worse! Worse!

CHUBUKOV: [trying to shout her down] Champagne! Champagne!

Q. The liberal use of exclamatory marks in the given extract indicate that the characters are expressing

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 9
The characters in the passage are expressing their surprise in the given extract.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 10

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

CHUBUKOV: What a weight off my shoulders, ouf!

NATALYA: But, still you will admit now that Guess is worse than Squeezer.

LOMOV: Better!

NATALYA: Worse!

CHUBUKOV: Well, that's a way to start your family bliss! Have some champagne!

LOMOV: He's better!

NATALYA: Worse! Worse! Worse!

CHUBUKOV: [trying to shout her down] Champagne! Champagne!

Q. Choose the option that correctly uses the idioms to the fill in the blanks of the paragraph below.

In a team, it is important to (i) __________ . Otherwise, you would become (ii) __________ , and incur the displeasure of the others. When that happens, you might feel (iii) __________ . However, for the others, not having to carry you along would be a (iv) __________ .

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 10
Pull your weight refers to join hands and get together. Dead weight refers to becoming a burden on team, society, etc. The weight of the world on your shoulders refers to feeling overburdened. Weight off the shoulder refers to feeling relived after removing of some burden.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 11

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a 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 accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .

Q. Who is the speaker of above lines?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 11
Above lines speaks by Lomov.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 12

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a 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 accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .

Q. Why did the peasants treat the land as their own?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 12
The presents had been using the land for more than forty years and had started treating it as their own land.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 13

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a 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 accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .

Q. Why did his aunt’s grand mother give the meadows?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 13
The aunt’s grandmother had given the meadows for small time period and without any rent or on charity.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 14

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a 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 accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .

Q. Find the synonym of ‘Sensible’ from the above passage

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 14
Reasonable means sensible. Temporary means for short period of time only. Accustomed means used to. Free means independent and without any charge.
Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 15

Direction: Read the extracts given below and attempt, by answering the questions that follow.

But, please, Stephen Stepanovitch, how can they be yours? Do be a 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 accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .

Q. What light do these lines throw on the speaker’s character? He is_________.

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: The Proposal - 1 - Question 15
These lines tell us that Lomov is logical (reasonable having common sense), rational (normal) and gracious (polite).
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