1. *The play ‘The Proposal’ is written by
(B) John Galsworthy
(C) Leo Tolstoy
(D) Anton Chekhov.
2. Chekhov’s full name was
(A) Anton Lomov Chekhov
(B) Anton Stepanovitch Chekhov
(D) Anton Fodor Chekhov.
3. *Chekhov’s nationality was
(A) Russian
(B) French
(C) Irish
(D) American.
4. *’The Proposal’ was originally written in
(A) English
(B) German
(C) Russian
(D) French.
5. *’The Proposal’ is a
(A) soliloquy
(B) full length drama
(C) one-act drama
(D) two-act play.
6. Another name of this play is
(A) The Marriage Proposal
(B) Lomov’s Proposal
(C) Oxen Meadows
(D) The Real Proposal.
7. *What is the format of the play?
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(A) one-act play
(B) tragedy
(C) comedy
(D) farce.
8. *’The Proposal’ was first performed in
(A) 1889
(B) 1890
(C) 1098
(D) 1998.
9. The play takes place at
(A) Chubukov’s city house
(B) Lomov’s country house
(C) Chubukov’s country house
(D) Lomov’s uncle’s house.
10. *Chubukov is a
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(A) landowner
(B) lawyer
(C) merchant
(D) physician.
11. Lomov is Chubukov’s
(A) brother
(B) son
(C) neighbor
(D) friend.
12. *When Lomov arrived, Chubukov was surprised by his
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(A) evening dress
(B) palpitations
(C) shyness
(D) impudence.
13. *Chubukov addresses Lomov as
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(A) a devil
(B) a peasant
(C) an angel
(D) an angle.
14. Lomov was wearing
(A) a dress-jacket and white gloves
(B) a hunting suit
(C) a night gown
(D) a long coat and hat.
15. “You shouldn’t forget all about your neighbours,” Here the ‘neighbours’ mentioned are
(A) Lomovs
(B) Chubukovs
(C) Natalya
(D) Chekhovs.
16. *Lomov is dressed in formal clothes
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(A) because it is New Year’s Eve
(B) because he loves Natalya and is going to propose her
(C) because he has come to finalise a business deal with Chubukov
(D) because he has come to propose Natalya.
17. “I’ve come to you……to trouble you with a request.” Here the speaker is
(A) Lomov
(B) Natalya
(C) Chubukov
(D) Mower.
18. “I shall drink some water” The speaker wanted to drink water because
(A) he was thirsty
(B) he had nothing more to do
(C) he was excited
(D) none of these.
19. “He’s come to borrow money!” Here ‘he’ means
(A) Chubukov
(B) Lomov
(C) another neighbour
(D) Lomov’s father.
20. *Lomov went to his neighbour, Chubukov’s house
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(A) to borrow money
(B) to settle a dispute
(C) to give a marriage proposal
(D) to complain.
21. *Lomov comes to Chubukov’s house
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(A) to propose to his daughter
(B) like a good neighbour
(C) for a formal meeting
(D) to borrow money from Chubukov.
22. The request which Lomov made to Chubukov was
(A) to borrow the threshing machine
(B) to drink champagne with Chubukov
(C) to borrow some money
(D) to ask the hand of his daughter.
23. *Lomov wanted to talk to Natalya
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(A) in order to settle a land dispute over Oxen Meadows
(B) in order to discuss inheritance
(C) in order to seek her consent for marriage
(D) in order to discuss about the mowers.
24. *Chubukov told Lomov to hurry up and
(A) get out
(B) eat
(C) wash his face
(D) get married.
25. *Lomov’s proposal was to
(A) marry Natalya
(B) borrow money
(C) borrow threshing machine
(D) go hunting together.
26. *Natalya is
(A) Chubukov’s daughter
(B) Lomov’s sister
(C) Chubukov’s sister
(D) Lomov’s daughter.
27. Natalya’s age is
(A) twenty
(B) thirty
(C) thirty-five
(D) twenty-five.
28. Hearing Lomov’s proposal, Chubukov was
(A) sad
(B) shocked
(C) overjoyed
(D) angry.
29. “It’s been my continual desire.” The desire is
(A) to get married
(B) to buy new machines
(C) to get his daughter married to Lomov
(D) to sell Oxen Meadows.
30. Chubukov is delighted with the proposal for the following reason
(A) Natalya can at least find true love
(B) Lomov loves Natalya
(C) Chubukov had expected this proposal a long time ago
(D) Chubukov would like to see his daughter married.
31. Natalya’s father affectionately calls her
(A) Ivanovna
(B) Natasha
(C) Natasya
(D) Stepanovna.
32. The word ‘consent’ means
(A) assurance
(B) acceptance
(C) anxiety
(D) apology.
33. “She’s in love; egad” — ‘Egad’ means
(A) old fashioned expression of surprise
(B) old fashioned expression of anxiety
(C) old fashioned expression of hatred
(D) old fashioned expression of anger.
34. The person referred to as the ‘love-sick’ cat is
(A) Lomov
(B) Guess
(C) Squeezer
(D) Natalya.
35. Natalya is characterized as
(A) spirited, proud and stubborn
(B) calm, proud and stubborn
(C) spirited, docile and proud
(D) hysteric, stubborn and quarrelsome.
36. *Lomov, Chubukov and Natalya approach marriage
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(A) with a sense of practicality
(B) with a sense of romanticism
(C) with a sense of idealism
(D) with a sense of cynicism.
37. “I’m trembling all over….” The speaker is ‘trembling’ because
(A) he felt an earthquake
(B) he was too weak
(C) he suffered from palpitations
(D) his legs were weak.
38. *“I must have my mind made up.” The speaker is
(A) Chubukov
(B) Lomov
(C) Chekov
(D) Natalya.
39. According to Lomov, Natalya is an excellent
(A) maid
(B) cook
(C) house-keeper
(D) nurse.
40. Lomov is in his
(A) mid-thirties
(B) mid-forties
(C) mid-fifties
(D) mid-sixties.
41. *Lomov says that for marriage his age is
(A) perfect
(B) critical
(C) suitable
(D) too young.
42. *Lomov suffers from
(A) obsessive compulsive disorder
(B) arthritis
(C) tuberculosis
(D) palpitations.
43. *Lomov has two considerations regarding marriage
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(A) that he is thirty-five and must lead a stable life
(B) that he suffers from lunacy and sleeplessness
(C) that he must consolidate property and make gains
(D) that he must enjoy love and passion.
44. Lomov feels a twitch in his
(A) right eyebrow
(B) left eyebrow
(C) nose
(D) ears.
45. *The worst of Lomov’s physical problems is
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(A) the way he sleeps
(B) his palpitations
(C) his headache
(D) his limp.
46. *Lomov jumps in his sleep like a
(A) dog
(B) lunatic
(C) rabbit
(D) fox.
47. Lomov feels the pull in his sleep
(A) five or six times
(B) about ten times
(C) about twenty times
(D) innumerable times.
48. *“Go; there’s a merchant come for his goods.” The merchant referred to here is
(A) Chubukov
(B) Lomov
(C) a mower
(D) a farmer.
49. Natalya was dressed in a/an
(A) apron
(B) apron and negligee
(C) gown
(D) red dress.
50. *The term ‘negligee’ refers to
(A) frock
(B) loose gown
(C) apron
(D) shirt.
51. *Natalya was shelling ____________ for drying.
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(A) beans
(B) peas
(C) barley
(D) meadows.
52. *Natalya requested Lomov to have
(A) breakfast
(B) lunch
(C) supper
(D) dinner.
53. *Lomov enters Chubukov’s
(A) bedroom
(B) drawing room
(C) hall room
(D) dining room.
54. Lomov refuses to have lunch with Natalya because
(A) he already had lunch
(B) he wasn’t feeling hungry
(C) he was feeling sick
(D) he will have it later.
55. The weather on the day they met was
(A) wet
(B) splendid
(C) stormy
(D) windy.
56. *The word ‘stacked’ means in the expression ‘How much hay have you stacked?’ means
(A) collected
(B) piled
(C) harvested
(D) dried.
57. *Lomov knows Natalya’s family
(A) since his childhood
(B) for the last twenty years
(C) for last twenty years
(D) not for a long time.
58. *Natalya asks Lomov if he is going to a
(A) ball
(B) birthday party
(C) new year’s party
(D) wedding.
59. Lomov inherited his land from
(A) his father
(B) his parents
(C) his late aunt and her husband
(D) his grandfather.
60. *Oxen Meadows is between
(A) birchwoods and Burnt Marsh
(B) Birnamwoods and Burnt Marsh
(C) Burnt woods and Burnt Marsh
(D) Dunsinane and Birnamwoods.
61. *Oxen Meadows cover an area of
(A) 4 dessiatines
(B) 5 dessiatines
(C) 7 dessiatines
(D) 9 dessiatines.
62. The peasants used to bake bricks for the grandmother of Lomov’s
(A) aunt
(B) grandmother
(C) mother
(D) father.
63. The peasants used the land of Oxen Meadows for
(A) thirty years
(B) twenty years
(C) ten years
(D) forty years.
64. The Oxen Meadows were given to be used by the
(A) mowers
(B) farmers
(C) peasants of Chubukov’s great grandfather
(D) Natalya’s peasants.
65. In return the peasants were supposed to
(A) cultivate land
(B) serve as slaves
(C) harvest crops
(D) make bricks.
66. According to Natalya, Oxen Meadows are owned by the
(A) Chubukovs
(B) Lomovs
(C) farmers
(D) Government.
67. *According to Natalya, they had the land for nearly
(A) 250 years
(B) 300 years
(C) 400 years
(D) 350 years.
68. Oxen Meadows stretch for
(A) 11 acres
(B) 12 acres
(C) 13 acres
(D) 13.5 acres.
69. The cost of Oxen Meadows mentioned in the play is
(A) 100 roubles
(B) 300 roubles
(C) 400 roubles
(D) 500 roubles.
70. *According to Natalya, they had lent Lomov their
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(A) hunting dog
(B) lands
(C) peasants
(D) threshing-machine.
71. *For lending a threshing machine to Lomov, Chubukov had to put off his own threshing till
(A) October
(B) November
(C) December
(D) January.
72. “…..that I’m a land grabber?” The speaker is
(A) Natalya
(B) Lomov
(C) Chubukov
(D) none of them.
73. Natalya would send her __________ out to the Meadows.
(A) mowers
(B) farmers
(C) shepherds
(D) peasants.
74. *The meaning of ‘excruciating’ is
(A) mild
(B) moderate
(C) severe
(D) very little.
75. *The first argument between Lomov and Natalya was over
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(A) Land
(B) Labour
(C) Hunting dogs
(D) Inheritance.
76. Lomov is regarded as the ‘pettifogger’ by
(A) Natalya
(B) Chubukov
(C) Squeezer
(D) the neighbours.
77. *“You pettifogger!” Here ‘pettifogger’ means
(A) a mean lawyer who deals with petty cases
(B) a land grabber
(C) a quarrelsome person
(D) a beggar.
78. The person who tried for embezzlement was Chubukov’s
(A) father
(B) grandfather
(C) uncle
(D) elder brother.
79. *Chubukov comments that Lomov have had in their family
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(A) autocracy
(B) lunacy
(C) hypocrisy
(D) democracy.
80. *Lomov’s aunt’s name is
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(A) Natalya Stepanovna
(B) Natasha Vassilevitch
(C) Nastasya Mihailovna
(D) Natalya Mihailovna.
81. *Chubukov said that Lomov’s younger aunt had run away with
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(A) a hunter
(B) a drunkard
(C) a count
(D) an architect.
82. According to Lomov, Chubukov’s mother was
(A) insolent
(B) docile
(C) hump-backed
(D) ill-tempered.
83. The meaning of ‘guzzling’ is
(A) dishonest
(B) cheat
(C) imposter
(D) drunkard.
84. *Chubukov abuses Lomov’s father as
(A) thief
(B) gambler
(C) drunkard
(D) rouge.
85. *Lomov will have the matter of dispute taken to
(A) the landowner
(B) the peasant
(C) court
(D) the planner.
86. *When Lomov comes back after walking out of the house
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(A) Natalya and Lomov straightway talk about the proposal
(B) Natalya tries to make up
(C) Lomov continues to be stubborn
(D) Natalya and Lomov recognize that this marriage will not work.
87. *In the heated argument over ownership all three characters behave
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(A) with grace and decorum
(B) without maturity
(C) with reason and civility
(D) without malice and spite.
88. *Natalya learns about the proposal
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(A) at the beginning of the argument soon after Lomov meets her
(B) in the course of the argument when Chubukov tells her
(C) when Lomov storms out of the house
(D) when Chubukov exclaims in anger, how dare Lomov make a proposal!
89. Natalya asks her father to bring Lomov back because
(A) she wants to start another argument
(B) she is desperate to get proposed
(C) she is ashamed of her behaviour
(D) she wants to apologize to Lomov.
90. The most important thing for Lomov was
(A) mannerism
(B) money
(C) moral principle
(D) land.
91. *Natalya gives up her claim over the Oxen Meadows to please
(A) her forefathers
(B) Chubukov
(C) Lomov
(D) the court.
92. *Lomov and Natalya’s second argument takes place
(A) after the proposal
(B) almost immediately after they try to be nice to each other
(C) immediately after he enters
(D) immediately after they try to talk about ‘something else’.
93. “I’m thinking of having a go,” The speaker here means
(A) he is going to start shooting
(B) he wants to go outside
(C) he wants to have a drink
(D) he wants to propose to Natalya.
94. *Lomov is thinking of joining the hunt after the
(A) marriage
(B) new year’s eve
(C) harvest
(D) shelling of peas.
95. The name of Lomov’s dog is
(A) Squeezer
(B) Mironov
(C) Guess
(D) Ivan.
96. *Lomov’s dog has gone
(A) blind
(B) dumb
(C) deaf
(D) lame.
97. *Lomov gave _________ to Mironov.
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(A) 120 roubles
(B) 125 roubles
(C) 25 roubles
(D) 85 roubles
98. 125 roubles were paid for Guess to
(A) Lomov
(B) Mironov
(C) Chubukov
(D) Natalya.
99. Lomov claims his dog to be a/an
(A) first-rate dog
(B) ordinary dog
(C) imported dog
(D) Indian dog.
100. *The name of Natalya’s dog is
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(A) Squeezer
(B) Mironov
(C) Guess
(D) Ivan.
101. *“…….he’s old and he’s short in muzzle.” The word ‘muzzle’ means
(A) short legs of an animal
(B) short tail and overshot
(C) mouth and nose of an animal
(D) height of an animal.
102. According to Natalya, her father bought Squeezer for
(A) 90 roubles
(B) 85 roubles
(C) 75 roubles
(D) 80 roubles.
103. Lomov wanted to remind Natalya that her dog was
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(A) ugly
(B) old
(C) overshot
(D) lame.
104. *According to Natalya, Guess was
(A) old
(B) ugly
(C) worn out
(D) all.
105. Natalya compares Guess with a worn-out
(A) cab-horse
(B) race-horse
(C) Arabian horse
(D) lame horse.
106. The name of the person who has got the best sort of dogs in the locality
(A) Mironov
(B) Lomov
(C) Chubukov
(D) Volchanetsky.
107. *Guess ran neck-and-neck with the count’s dog on the
(A) Montgomery hunt
(B) Montaigne hunt
(C) Montmoreney hunt
(D) Marusinsky hunt.
108. *“…..that is overshot,” Here ‘overshot’ means
(A) one whose upper jaws have fallen out
(B) one whose upper jaw projects beyond the lower jaw
(C) one who is shot more than once
(D) one whose lower lips gets projected.
109. Squeezer is the son of
(A) Rock and Roll
(B) Lalu and Bhulo
(C) Harness and Chisels
(D) Ricky and Micky.
110. According to Lomov, dogs like Squeezer can be found in almost every
(A) bush
(B) street
(C) forest
(D) market.
111. Natalya does not like people who
(A) don’t say what they feel
(B) don’t say what they do
(C) don’t say what they desire
(D) don’t say what they mean.
112. *What is the second argument over?
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(A) dogs
(B) Oxen Meadows
(C) estates
(D) gifts.
113. According to Natalya, the hunters who argue the most know
(A) the most
(B) the least
(C) the best
(D) the worst.
114. Natalya claims that Squeezer is better than Guess by
(A) 10 times
(B) 20 times
(C) 100 times
(D) 110 times.
115. Natalya opines that there is no need to hang silly Guess as he is already
(A) hanged
(B) dead
(C) half-dead
(D) lame.
116. *According to Chubukov, the faults in Guess are
(A) he is old and lame
(B) he is old and deaf
(C) he is old and blind
(D) he is old and short in the muzzle.
117. Guess ran neck-and-neck with
(A) Lomov’s dog
(B) Chubukov’s dog
(C) Natalya’s dog
(D) the Count’s dog.
118. *According to Chubukov, Squeezer was left behind because
(A) he was lame
(B) he became tired
(C) the Count’s whipper-in hit him
(D) he was weak.
119. On the day of Marusinsky hunt Squeezer worried a
(A) goat
(B) cat
(C) sheep
(D) mouse.
120. *Natalya suggested that Lomov should not go after foxes but
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(A) catch black beetles
(B) go after horses
(C) shoot partridges
(D) go to the doctor.
121. Lomov calls Chubukov a ‘Jesuit’ because of his
(A) laziness
(B) stubbornness
(C) carelessness
(D) tidiness.
122. *Chubukov ordered Lomov to shut up or he would shoot him like a
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(A) partridge
(B) fox
(C) dog
(D) wolf.
123. By ‘milksop’ Chubukov meant a
(A) silly and weak man
(B) clever but weak man
(C) cunning man
(D) very strong man.
124. Why are Chubukov and Natalya concerned when Lomov faints?
(A) because they want the marriage and don’t want him to die
(B) because there are no doctors close by
(C) because they worry about his health
(D) because they don’t want to be held responsible.
125. *Chubukov calls Lomov
(A) a suspicious landowner
(B) a malicious villain
(C) a malicious double-faced intriguer
(D) a double-faced imposter.
126. *When Lomov faints, Natalya pulls his
(A) collar
(B) cuff
(C) sleeve
(D) pocket.
127. *Chubukov asks the couple to get married
(A) because he knows Lomov will not be able to propose
(B) because he knows Natalya will not be gracious any more
(C) because he fears Lomov and Natalya will get into an argument before long
(D) because he had arranged the proposal.
128. “She’s willing!” ‘She is willing’ at
(A) starting an argument
(B) getting married to Lomov
(C) leaving her house
(D) selling Oxen Meadows.
129. Chubukov says, “Only leave me in peace” because
(A) he wants to see Natalya get married before another argument starts
(B) he has severe palpitation
(C) he is a peace-loving person
(D) he wants to be friends with Lomov.
130. *“What a weight off my shoulders!” The speaker is
(A) Lomov
(B) Chubukov
(C) Natalya
(D) Chubukov’s neighbour.
131. *As the curtain comes down, Chubukov is calling for Champagne. Why does he do this?
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(A) to celebrate the occasion even if they are arguing
(B) because he normally drinks at this time of the day
(C) it is customary to offer champagne to guests
(D) he has the best champagne.
132. *Who is the chief actor in seeing the proposal through?
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(A) Lomov and Chubukov
(B) Lomov and Natalya
(C) Chubukov and Natalya
(D) Chubukov.
133. *Why doesn’t Lomov directly ask Natalya to marry him?
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(A) because he has palpitations
(B) because he is not sure about her reaction
(C) because he is trying to be calm
(D) because he knows Chubukov has already told Natalya.
134. *Why are the arguments funny?
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(A) because Lomov and Natalya quickly lose sight of the marriage proposal
(B) because the story of Oxen Meadows is absurd
(C) because the hunting dogs are ridiculous
(D) because they seem funny while they argue.
135. *Why is the proposal acceptable to all parties?
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(A) Chubukov really likes Lomov
(B) Lomov loves Natalya
(C) Natalya loves Lomov
(D) It’s a good working arrangement.
136. *What label can you give the comic turn of the play?
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(A) melodrama
(B) farce
(C) comedy
(D) clowning.
137. *When Lomov arrived, Natalya was
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(A) instructing her mowers
(B) shelling peas for drying
(C) stacking hay
(D) reading a book.
138. *When Natalya comes to know that Lomov had come to propose her, she asks her father to
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(A) never allow him again
(B) take him to court
(C) get him by the neck
(D) bring him back.
139. *Lomov hoped to go for shooting
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(A) before the harvest
(B) in November
(C) in June
(D) after the harvest.
140. *Chubukov said that Lomov’s younger aunt had run away with
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(A) a hunter
(B) a drunkard
(C) a count
(D) an architect.
141. *Lomov’s aunt’s name is
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(A) Natalya Stepanovna
(B) Natasha Vassilevitch
(C) Nastasya Mihailovna
(D) Natalya Mihailovna.
142. *The worst of Lomov’s physical problem is
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(A) the way he sleeps
(B) his palpitations
(C) his headache
(D) his limp.
143. *Lomov went to his neighbor, Chubukov’s house
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(A) to borrow money
(B) to settle a dispute
(C) to give a marriage proposal
(D) to complain.
144. *Lomov bought his dog, Guess from
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(A) Chiranova
(B) Mironov
(C) Chubukov
(D) Natalya.
145. *Natalya claimed that Guess was like a
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(A) stallion
(B) buffalo
(C) mule
(D) cab horse.
146. *Chubukov tells Natalya that someone has come in the drawing room who is
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(A) a farmer
(B) a landowner
(C) a merchant
(D) a hawker.
147. *“What a weight off my shoulders.” The weight refers to
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(A) Lomov
(B) Guess
(C) Squeezer
(D) Natalya.
148. *The setting of the play ‘The Proposal’ is
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(A) Chubukov’s garden
(B) Lomov’s drawing room
(C) Chubukov’s drawing room
(D) Lomov’s garden.
149. *Natalya lived
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(A) alone
(B) with her parents
(C) with her mother
(D) with her father.
150. *Lomov was …………….. years old.
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(A) twenty five
(B) thirty
(C) thirty five
(D) forty
151. *The piece of land that Lomov and Natalya quarrelled over was
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(A) Oxen Meadows
(B) Lomov’s farm
(C) birchwoods
