Question

4. Read the extracts given below and answering the questions that follow.



(A) If I give myself time to think, to hesitate, to talk a lot, to look for an ideal, or for real love, then I

will never get married. Brr… it’s cold! Natalya Stepanovna is an excellent housekeeper, not

bad-looking, well-educated. What more do I want? But I am getting a noise in my ears from

excitement. [Drinks] And it’s impossible for me not to marry. In the first place, I’m already 35 

a critical age, so to speak. In the second place, I ought to live a quiet and regular life. I suffer

from palpitations, I’m excitable and always getting awfully upset; at this very moment my lips

are trembling and there’s a twitch in my right eyebrow.

i) The speaker does not want to give himself time to

a) Think about getting married

b) Think whether he should propose to Natalya

c) Think if he should claim the Oxen meadows

d) Think if Natalya was the right choice for a bride

ii) Natalya being an ‘excellent housekeeper’ influencing Lomov’s decision suggests

a) Lomov appreciated Natalya’s qualities

b) The position of women in the family was restricted to the domestic domain

c) This was a marriage of convenience

d) Lomov liked Natalya

iii) Lomov feeling cold is symbolic of

a) The weather being cold

b) Lomov growing old

c) Natalya’s money-minded nature

d) The lack of love and warmth in their relationship​

Answer 1

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