Class 9 English - The Beggar - MERIT YARD PANDWA
Class 9 English - The Beggar - MERIT YARD
1 / 40Who is the author of 'The Beggar'?
A) Anton Chekhov
B) Ruskin Bond
C) Oscar Wilde
D) Zan Gaudioso
2 / 40What was the name of the beggar?
A) Sergei
B) Lushkoff
C) Ivan
D) Boris
3 / 40What was Sergei's profession?
A) Advocate (Lawyer)
B) Teacher
C) Doctor
D) Engineer
4 / 40Who was Olga?
A) Sergei's wife
B) Sergei's cook
C) Lushkoff's sister
D) A beggar woman
5 / 40Lushkoff told Sergei that he was a ______ who lost his job.
A) Soldier
B) School teacher
C) Clerk
D) Farmer
6 / 40Where had Sergei seen the beggar two days ago?
A) In the park
B) In Sadovya Street
C) In the market
D) Near the church
7 / 40What had the beggar claimed to be when Sergei first met him in Sadovya Street?
A) An expelled student
B) A teacher
C) A doctor
D) A sailor
8 / 40Sergei offered Lushkoff the job of ______?
A) Cleaning the house
B) Chopping wood
C) Cooking food
D) Washing clothes
9 / 40Why was Lushkoff unable to work properly at first?
A) He was lazy
B) He was weak and drunk
C) He was ill
D) He didn't want to
10 / 40How much was Lushkoff paid for chopping wood for the first time?
A) One rouble
B) Half a rouble
C) Five roubles
D) Ten kopecks
11 / 40Who actually chopped the wood for Lushkoff?
A) Sergei
B) Olga
C) The neighbor
D) Lushkoff himself
12 / 40Why did Olga chop the wood for Lushkoff?
A) She was paid for it
B) She felt pity and wanted to save him
C) She was his friend
D) Sergei ordered her
13 / 40What was Lushkoff's real reason for begging?
A) He liked it
B) He was expelled from the Russian choir for drunkenness
C) He had no family
D) He was uneducated
14 / 40Sergei moved to a new house and asked Lushkoff to help with ______?
A) Painting
B) Packing and hauling furniture
C) Gardening
D) Cleaning
15 / 40Sergei sent Lushkoff to a friend with a letter for some ______ work.
A) Labor
B) Copying (Clerical)
C) Teaching
D) Driving
16 / 40After how many years did Sergei meet Lushkoff again?
A) One year
B) Two years
C) Five years
D) Ten years
17 / 40Where did Sergei meet Lushkoff for the last time?
A) In the street
B) At a theater ticket window
C) In his office
D) In a park
18 / 40What was Lushkoff's new job?
A) Advocate
B) Notary
C) Teacher
D) Clerk
19 / 40How much was Lushkoff earning as a notary?
A) 50 roubles
B) 35 roubles
C) 100 roubles
D) 20 roubles
20 / 40Lushkoff said that his life was changed because of ______?
A) Sergei's money
B) Olga's words and noble deeds
C) Hard work
D) Luck
21 / 40What was the color of Lushkoff's overcoat when Sergei first met him?
A) Fawn-colored
B) Black
C) Blue
D) Red
22 / 40Lushkoff had ______ eyes and a red spot on each cheek.
A) Bright
B) Dull / Drunken
C) Blue
D) Large
23 / 40Lushkoff was wearing one shoe high and the other ______?
A) New
B) Low
C) Missing
D) High too
24 / 40Sergei felt ______ when Lushkoff agreed to work?
A) Angry
B) Pleased / Self-satisfied
C) Sad
D) Tired
25 / 40Olga used to call Lushkoff a ______?
A) Friend
B) Miserable creature / Sot
C) Brother
D) Hero
26 / 40Did Lushkoff ever chop a single stick of wood himself at Sergei's?
A) Yes, all of them
B) No, Olga did it all
C) Only once
D) Maybe
27 / 40Sergei considered himself Lushkoff's ______?
A) Enemy
B) Godfather
C) Master
D) Brother
28 / 40What did Lushkoff do during the furniture moving?
A) Carried heavy sofas
B) Walked behind hanging his head, not touching anything
C) Drove the wagon
D) Cleaned the rooms
29 / 40Sergei's heart relented (softened) after Lushkoff was ______?
A) Paid
B) Bullied by the carters
C) Ill
D) Drunk
30 / 40Lushkoff thanked Sergei for providing him a ______?
A) Money
B) Push in the right direction
C) House
D) Drink
31 / 40Sergei was a man of ______?
A) Low morals
B) High principles and strictness
C) Bad habit
D) Poverty
32 / 40What was Lushkoff wearing when he met Sergei at the theater?
A) Rags
B) A coat with a fur collar and a seal-skin cap
C) A teacher's suit
D) A choir dress
33 / 40How did Sergei react when he saw Lushkoff at the theater?
A) He didn't recognize him
B) He was delighted and proud
C) He was angry
D) He asked for money
34 / 40Lushkoff admitted that he never chopped wood. Who did it?
A) Sergei's wife
B) Olga
C) His friends
D) The janitor
35 / 40Lushkoff said, "Your cook, Olga... she ______ me."
A) Beat
B) Saved
C) Hated
D) Robbed
36 / 40The moral of the story is that ______ can change a person.
A) Punishment
B) Kindness and Compassion
C) Shouting
D) Only money
37 / 40Olga would shed ______ for Lushkoff's condition.
A) Blood
B) Tears
C) Smiles
D) Water
38 / 40What was Lushkoff's condition at the beginning?
A) Healthy
B) Drunkard and a liar
C) Hardworking
D) Rich
39 / 40Lushkoff was a ______ in a Russian choir.
A) Dancer
B) Singer
C) Guard
D) Cook
40 / 40Sergei threatened to call the ______ when he caught Lushkoff lying.
A) Doctor
B) Police
C) Neighbors
D) King
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