The Proposal (Play) - Quiz
[कक्षा 10th - अचूक बैच - The Proposal - MERIT YARD]
Question 1 / 40Who is the writer of the play 'The Proposal'?
A) Robert Frost
B) William Shakespeare
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Anton Chekhov
Question 2 / 40What is the name of the protagonist who comes to propose?
A) Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov
A) Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov
B) Stepan Chubukov
C) Natalya
D) Squeezer
Question 3 / 40Who is Chubukov?
A) A doctor
B) A landowner
B) A landowner
C) A lawyer
D) A farmer
Question 4 / 40How old is Lomov?
A) 25
B) 30
C) 35
D) 40
Question 5 / 40How old is Natalya?
A) 20
B) 25
C) 30
D) 35
Question 6 / 40Why does Lomov wear evening dress?
A) To attend a party
B) It is his birthday
C) To propose to Natalya
D) He likes dressing up
Question 7 / 40What does Chubukov initially suspect Lomov has come for?
A) To fight
B) To borrow money
C) To buy land
D) To invite him
Question 8 / 40How does Chubukov react when he learns the real reason?
A) He gets angry
B) He is extremely happy and embraces Lomov
C) He refuses
D) He cries
Question 9 / 40What ailment does Lomov suffer from?
A) Fever
B) Palpitations (Heart beating fast) and nervousness
C) Headache
D) Leg pain
Question 10 / 40The first argument is about the ownership of:
A) Birch Woods
B) Burnt Marsh
C) Oxen Meadows
D) The house
Question 11 / 40Natalya claims the Meadows have belonged to her family for:
A) 100 years
B) 300 years
C) 50 years
D) 200 years
Question 12 / 40How much are the Oxen Meadows worth?
A) 100 Roubles
B) 300 Roubles
C) 500 Roubles
D) 1000 Roubles
Question 13 / 40What did Lomov's aunt's grandmother give to Natalya's father's grandfather?
A) Money
B) Free use of the Meadows
C) Cows
D) Bricks
Question 14 / 40In return for the meadows, what did the peasants do?
A) Paid rent
B) Made bricks for the grandmother
B) Made bricks for the grandmother
C) Gave milk
D) Nothing
Question 15 / 40What does Chubukov call Lomov during the argument?
A) A good neighbor
B) A pettifogger / Landgrabber
B) A pettifogger / Landgrabber
C) A prince
D) A doctor
Question 16 / 40When Natalya learns about the proposal, how does she react?
A) She says no
B) She cries and asks her father to bring him back
C) She laughs
D) She faints
Question 17 / 40What is the name of Lomov's dog?
A) Squeezer
B) Guess
C) Spot
D) Tom
Question 18 / 40What is the name of Natalya's dog?
A) Guess
B) Squeezer
C) Tiger
D) Tommy
Question 19 / 40How much did Lomov pay for Guess?
A) 85 Roubles
B) 125 Roubles
C) 50 Roubles
D) 100 Roubles
Question 20 / 40How much did Natalya's father pay for Squeezer?
A) 125 Roubles
B) 85 Roubles
C) 150 Roubles
D) 200 Roubles
Question 21 / 40What is wrong with Guess according to Natalya?
A) He is blind
B) He is old and short in the muzzle
C) He is too fat
D) He is expensive
Question 22 / 40What defect does Squeezer have?
A) He is lame
B) He is overshot (lower jaw is shorter)
C) He is slow
D) He is deaf
Question 23 / 40Lomov says Squeezer is a bad hunter because he:
A) Sleeps too much
B) Runs after sheep
C) Bites people
D) Is scared of foxes
Question 24 / 40What happens to Lomov during the second argument?
A) He leaves
B) He faints / Collapses
C) He slaps Chubukov
D) He cries
Question 25 / 40Who does Chubukov call "A weight off my shoulders"?
A) His dog
B) His grown-up daughter (Natalya)
C) His wife
D) Lomov
Question 26 / 40What does Chubukov do when Lomov wakes up?
A) Kicks him out
B) Makes them kiss and get married immediately
C) Calls the doctor
D) Gives him water
Question 27 / 40The play ends with:
A) Lomov leaving
B) A kiss and Champagne (and another argument starting)
C) A fight
D) Death
Question 28 / 40What was Natalya doing when Lomov arrived?
A) Cooking
B) Shelling peas for drying
C) Reading
D) Sleeping
Question 29 / 40Why does Lomov want to marry?
A) He loves Natalya deeply
B) He wants to lead a quiet and regular life (critical age)
C) For money
D) His father forced him
Question 30 / 40Natalya is an excellent _______.
A) Singer
B) Housekeeper
C) Dancer
D) Cook
Question 31 / 40What does 'Negligee' mean?
A) A formal dress
B) A loose gown worn at home
C) A hat
D) Shoes
Question 32 / 40Chubukov accuses Lomov's family of being:
A) Honest
B) Drunkards and embezzlers
C) Brave
D) Rich
Question 33 / 40Lomov compares Squeezer to a:
A) Lion
B) Rat
C) Worn-out cab-horse
D) Tiger
Question 34 / 40Who is Nastasya Mihailovna?
A) Natalya's mother
B) Lomov's aunt
C) Chubukov's sister
D) A maid
Question 35 / 40The word 'Malicious' means:
A) Friendly
B) Intending to do harm / Spiteful
C) Happy
D) Sad
Question 36 / 40What does Natalya think when she sees Lomov in evening dress?
A) He is going to a ball
B) He is going to a ball
C) He is an actor
D) He is crazy
Question 37 / 40What does Chubukov threaten to do with the Meadows?
A) Sell them
B) Give them to the mowers/peasants
C) Burn them
D) Build a house there
Question 38 / 40Lomov wears ________ when he comes.
A) Jeans
B) A jacket and white gloves
C) A t-shirt
D) A raincoat
Question 39 / 40What does Chubukov initially call Lomov?
A) Enemy
B) My angel / My precious
C) Fool
D) Stranger
Question 40 / 40The play is a satire on:
A) The poor
B) The wealthy upper class and their petty quarrels
C) Animals
D) Doctors