The Bet Page : 3 Examination By PKG SIR

 

The Bet Page : 3 Examination By PKG SIR 

📘 SUPPLEMENTARY ENGLISH | CLASS XII

📍 The Bet by Anton Chekhov

📍 Line-by-Line MCQs

🏫 PKG ENGLISH STUDY CENTRE

By PKG SIR -9547142653

 A. Answer the following questions: 

1. The young man's imprisonment was strictly —

a) temporary

b) lenient

c) solitary

d) supervised

2. The confinement was to last for —

a) ten years

b) fifteen years

c) five years

d) twenty years

3. The term of the imprisonment began from —

a) January 1, 1870

b) December 31, 1870

c) November 14, 1870

d) October 14, 1870

4. The exact ending date of the confinement was —

a) November 14, 1885

b) December 14, 1885

c) October 14, 1885

d) November 14, 1880

5. The release of the banker from payment would happen if the prisoner —

a) asked for help

b) tried to escape

c) died

d) broke the conditions

6. Even if he broke the condition —

a) in the first year

b) in the middle

c) two minutes before the end

d) after fifteen years

7. The amount promised by the banker was —

a) one million

b) two hundred thousand

c) two millions

d) three millions

8. In the first year, the prisoner suffered from —

a) fever

b) physical pain

c) loneliness and depression

d) financial crisis

9. His suffering could be judged from —

a) his crying

b) his books

c) his health

d) his brief notes

10. The piano could be heard —

a) sometimes

b) only at night

c) continually day and night

d) only in the morning

11. In the first year, he —

a) drank wine

b) took tobacco

c) refused wine and tobacco

d) sang loudly

12. He said that wine —

a) caused headache

b) excited the desires

c) brought happiness

d) made him sleepy

13. According to the prisoner, desires are —

a) necessary

b) dangerous

c) useless

d) the worst foes

14. He did not like drinking wine because —

a) it was too costly

b) it tasted bitter

c) he saw no one

d) it was not allowed

15. He disliked tobacco because —

a) it was smelly

b) it affected his lungs

c) it spoilt the air of his room

d) it was addictive

16. The books he read in the first year were —

a) light

b) religious

c) academic

d) history-based

17. The novels he read had —

a) tragic endings

b) moral messages

c) complicated love plots

d) war stories

18. In the second year, the piano —

a) became louder

b) was silent

c) was broken

d) played opera

19. In that year, he asked only for —

a) magazines

b) religious books

c) classics

d) newspapers

20. In the fifth year, —

a) he became silent

b) he stopped reading

c) music was audible again

d) he escaped

21. During the fifth year, he asked for —

a) coffee

b) wine

c) tobacco

d) snacks

22. People watching him said he spent the year —

a) studying

b) praying

c) eating, drinking, and lying on his bed

d) exercising

23. He was frequently seen —

a) laughing

b) yawning and angrily talking to himself

c) singing

d) dancing

24. That year, he did not —

a) cry

b) eat

c) drink

d) read books

25. At night, he would —

a) go to sleep early

b) make phone calls

c) sit down to write

d) walk in the garden

26. He used to write for —

a) minutes

b) hours

c) days

d) seconds

27. In the morning, he would —

a) publish his writing

b) burn the pages

c) tear up all that he had written

d) hide the papers

28. He could be heard —

a) laughing with joy

b) crying

c) reading aloud

d) singing songs

29. In the second half of the sixth year, he —

a) ran away

b) fell ill

c) studied hard

d) started painting

30. He studied —

a) religion

b) science

c) languages, philosophy, and history

d) architecture

31. He became very —

a) lazy

b) disturbed

c) enthusiastic

d) angry

32. The banker found it difficult to —

a) feed him

b) arrange books

c) understand him

d) visit him

33. He requested about — volumes in four years.

a) four hundred

b) five hundred

c) six hundred

d) two hundred

34. He sent a letter to the banker —

a) in French

b) in two languages

c) in six languages

d) in English

35. In the letter, he called the banker —

a) Master

b) Warden

c) Jailer

d) Banker

36. He asked the banker to —

a) burn his books

b) set him free

c) show his letter to language experts

d) give him money

37. He wanted the experts to find —

a) one or two mistakes

b) his style

c) his genius

d) not one mistake

38. If there was no mistake, he requested —

a) a gift

b) freedom

c) a shot to be fired in the garden

d) to meet the banker

39. The shot was meant to show —

a) someone was coming

b) animals were nearby

c) he could be free

d) his efforts were not wasted

40. According to the prisoner, all geniuses —

a) speak English

b) belong to different eras

c) speak different languages

d) speak different languages but share the same flame

41. "The same flame burns in them all" refers to —

a) love

b) power

c) knowledge

d) money

42. He said his soul felt —

a) happy

b) angry

c) confused

d) tired

43. His happiness came from —

a) meeting people

b) drinking wine

c) understanding the geniuses

d) finishing his sentence

44. His efforts made him feel —

a) tired

b) joyful

c) powerful

d) guilty

45. The banker fulfilled —

a) nothing

b) his last wish

c) the prisoner's desire

d) the court’s order

46. The banker ordered —

a) food for him

b) his release

c) two shots to be fired

d) his books to be returned

47. The prisoner’s letter proved his —

a) knowledge

b) foolishness

c) anger

d) sorrow

48. The prisoner’s study of languages showed his —

a) madness

b) laziness

c) progress

d) fear

49. The prisoner's character changed from —

a) lazy to sick

b) foolish to wise

c) depressed to scholarly

d) arrogant to humble

50. The extract shows the power of —

a) books and money

b) solitude and crime

c) learning and wisdom

d) punishment and escape