Question 1.
What is the excuse that the beggar gives Sergei for begging when he meets
him for the second time?
Question 2.
How did Sergei respond to the beggar's request for money?
Question3.
Why was Sergei disgusted with the beggar?
Question 4.
What was the beggar's real identity?
Question 5.
How does the beggar react to Sergei's offer to chop wood for him in return for
money?
Answers
Question 1 :-
What is the excuse that the beggar gives Sergei for begging when he meets him for the second time?
Answer:-
He says he had been a village schoolmaster for eight years but had lost his job due to intrigues at his place of work. He had not eaten for three days and had no money for lodging.
Question 2 :-
How did Sergei respond to the beggar's request for money?
Answer :-
He looked closely at him and recognised him as the same person who he had seen on Sadovya Street a few days back, when he had introduced himself as a student who had been expelled.
Question 3 :-
Why was Sergei disgusted with the beggar?
Answer :-
He was disgusted at his dishonesty because he had seen him on another street pretending that he had was an expelled student in need of money, and now he claimed to be a village schoolmaster who had lost his job due to intrigues at the school. His lies disgusted Sergei.
Question 4 :-
What was the beggar's real identity?
Answer :-
He had been part of the Russian choir, but had lost his place there due to drunkenness.
Question 5 :-
How does the beggar react to Sergei's offer to chop wood for him in return for money?
Answer :-
The beggar accepts the offer readily and follows Sergei home. He says that he can't refuse because in those days even skilled woodcutters found themselves sitting without food and work.
1) What is the excuse that the beggar gives Sergei for begging when he meets him for the second time?
answer:-
He says he had been a village schoolmaster for eight years but had lost his job due to intrigues at his place of work. He had not eaten for three days and had no money for lodging.
2)How did Sergei respond to the beggar's request for money?
answer:-
He was disgusted at his dishonesty because he had seen him on another street pretending that he had was an expelled student in need of money, and now he claimed to be a village schoolmaster who had lost his job due to intrigues at the school.
3)Why was Sergei disgusted with the beggar?
answer:-
He was disgusted at his dishonesty because he had seen him on another street pretending that he had was an expelled student in need of money, and now he claimed to be a village schoolmaster who had lost his job due to intrigues at the school.
4)What was the beggar's real identity?
answer:-
The beggar model was Baron Hausberg. He was one of the richest men in Europe.
5)How does the beggar react to Sergei's offer to chop wood for him in return for
money?
answer:-
The beggar accepts the offer readily and follows Sergei home. He says that he can't refuse because in those days even skilled woodcutters found themselves sitting without food and work.