The Proposal MCQ for West Bengal HS Exam

The Proposal MCQ West Bengal HS Exam

Important MCQ Questions and Answers from the Chapter The Proposal MCQ. WBCHSE Multiple Choice by Expert Crafted for West Bengal HS Examination 2023. Common MCQ Questions and Answers For Class 12 English The Proposal MCQ with Explanation.

 

The Proposal MCQ Questions for HS Exam

Question 1:

The proposal is a –

Ans:

(a) One act play.

Explanation: The one act play is called so because the entire dramatic action in complete within a single act ‘the proposal’ is a one act play written by…

 

Question 2:

In the play Lomov is in his —

(a) Early thirties

(b) Mid thirties

(c) Mid twenties

(d) Late twenties

Ans:

(b) Mid thirties

Explanation: In the play ‘the proposal ‘the character named Lomov was 35 years old.

 

Question 3:

Lomov had come to Chubukov’s house in —

(a) Casual attire

(b) Formal attire

(c) Mourning attire

(d) Evening attire

Ans:

(d) Evening attire

Explanation: Lomov had come to Chubukov’s house in evening attire in order to put his marriage proposal to Natalya, Chubukov’s daughter.

 

Question 4:

Chubukov had the bad habit of adding to every word, the phrase

(a) etcetra

(b) So on

(c) I’m so glad

(d) That is

Ans:

(c) I’m so glad

Explanation: Chubukov always add a phrase ‘I am so glad’

 

Question 5:

“The Proposal” was originally written in —

(a) English

(b) German

(c) Russian

(d) Polish

Ans:

(c) Russian

 

Question 6:

The play uses to laugh at society

(a) Romanticism

(b) Farce

(c) Comedy

(d) Tragedy

Ans:

(c) Comedy

Explanation: The play the proposal explores the comic situation that arises in the course of a marriage proposal made by Lomov to Chubukov’s daughter, Natalya.

 

Question 7:

Chubukov is in his —

(a) Seventies

(b) Sixties

(c) Fifties

(d) Eighties

Ans:

(a) Seventies

Explanation: Chubukov was approximately double the age of Lomov. As Lomov had mentioned preciously that he was thirty-five years old.

 

Question 6:

Lomov had actually come to Chubukov to ask for —

(a) Money

(b) Threshing machine

(c) The hand of his daughter in marriage

(d) Oxen Meadows

Ans:

(c) The hand of his daughter in marriage

Explanation: Lomov, a landed farmer, proposer, to marry the daughter of Chubukov, Natalya.

 

Question 7:

The Russian society in the late nineties believed that would bring about economic stability.

(a) Marriage

(b) Law suits c

(c) personal desires

(d) Love affairs

Ans:

(a) Marriage

Explanation: According to the Russian society, marriage helps to stabilize the economic position for normal people.

 

Question 8:

Lomov wants to get married because he wants to live a –

(a) Happy and-contented life

(b) Quiet and regular life

(c) Exciting and attractive life

(d) Anxious and tiring life

Ans:

(b) Quiet and regular life.

Explanation: Lomov was already at his age to get married and wanted to lead a quiet and regular life with Natalya.

 

Question 9:

The word ‘egad’ is the old expression of –

(a) Anger

(b) Anxiety

(c) Happiness

(d) Surprise

Ans:

(d) Surprise

Explanation: ‘Egad’ means a mind exclamation of surprise.

 

Question 10:

Natalya’s family had lent Lomov, the threshing machine, the previous year, till —

(a) December

(b) November

(c) July

(d) August

Ans:

(b) November.

Explanation: Natalya claims that they had lent Lomov their threshing machine Jill November.

 

Question 11:

The number of characters in the play are –

(a) five

(b) one

(c) three

(d) four

Ans:

(c) three

Explanation: In the play ‘the proposal’, there are three remarkable characters and they are Chubukov, and Chubukov’s daughter, Natalya.

 

Question 12:

The name of Chubukov’s daughter is

(a) Stepania Novna

(b) Natalya Stepanovna

(c) Natalya Stepanovitch

(d) Stepania Vassilevitch

Ans:

(b) Natalya Stepanovna

Explanation: Natalya Stepanovna is the only daughter of Chubukov, and she is twenty – five years old.

 

Question 13:

When Lomov announced that he had come with a request, Chubukov thought that the request was for –

(a) His daughter’s hand in marriage

(b) Borrowing money

(c) Threshing machine

(d) Oxen Meadows

Ans:

(b) Borrowing money.

Explanation: Chubukov thought that Lomov had come to borrow some money as he was in his evening attire.

 

Question 14:

The pull that Lomov experiences at night may happen –

(a) ten times

(b) twenty times

(c) thirty times

(d) forty times

Ans:

(b) twenty times.

Explanation: Lomov reveals his sufferings from a number of oilments and the pull may occur twenty times.

 

Question 15:

Natalya is in her —

(a) Mid twenties

(b) Mid forties

(c) Early forties

(d) Mid thirties

Ans:

(a) Mid twenties.

Explanation: In the play the proposal, Natalya played the character of Chubukov’s daughter and she was twenty – five years old.

 

Question 16:

Natalya met Lomov in her —

(a) Gown

(b) Lace dress

(c) Negligee

(d) Tunic

Ans:

(c) Negligee

Explanation: Natalya was wearing negligee because she was removing the shells of peas for drying.

 

Question 17:

Lomov inherited his property from his —

(a) Parents

(b) Grand parents

(c) Late aunt and her brother

(d) Late aunt and her husband

Ans:

(d) Late aunt and her husband.

Explanation: In the play, Lomov declared that the Oxen Meadows property was inherited to him by his late aunt while arguing with Natalya.

 

Question 18:

The area occupied by Oxen Meadows was —

(a) Five dessiatins

(b) Ten dessiatins

(c) Fifteen dessiatins

(d) Two dessiatins

Ans:

(a) Five dessiatins

Explanation: The area occupied by Oxen Meadows was five dessiatins  that was wedged in between Birchwoods  and the Brunt Marsh.

 

Question 19:

When Chubukov sent Natalya to meet Lomov, she was —

(a) Cooking food

(b) Washing clothes

(c) Threshing corn

(d) Shelling peas

Ans:

(d) Shelling peas

Explanation: As Lomov brought up a proposal of marreging Natalya, Chubukov called her while she was removing the shells of peas for drying.

 

Question 20:

Chubukov accuses that Lomov’s family suffered from —

(a) Drinking habit

(b) Bragging habit

(c) Lunacy

(d) Gambling habit

Ans:

(c) Lunacy

Explanation: Chubukov while arguing with Lomov, he commented that Lomov’s family were suffering from lunacy or insanity.

 

Question 21:

Squeezer’s —

(a) Upper jaw is longer than his lower

(b) Upper jaw is shorter than his lower

(c) Lower jaw is shorter than his upper

(d) Lower jaw is longer than his upper

Ans:

(c) Lower jaw is shorter than his upper

Explanation: Being in an argument, Lomov accused Natalya by saying that squeezer’s lower jaw is shorter than his upper.

 

Question 22:

The play “The Proposal” is written by —

(a) Leo Tolstoy

(b) Anton Chekov

(c) Antony Chekov

(d) Leo Anton

Ans:

(b) Anton Chekov

Explanation: Anton Chekov was a famous Russian playwright and short story writer ‘the proposal’ is a one act play that gained currency as a dramatic from towards the end of the 19th century.

 

Question 23:

Lomov and Natalya had their argument on the possession of

(a) Oxen Meadows

(b) Birchwoods

(c) Burnt Marsh

(d) Oxen Heights

Ans:

(a) Oxen Meadows

Explanation: Both Lomov and Natalya claimed Oxen Meadow which was wedged in between their birchwoods and the burnt marsh being their own land.

 

Question 24:

The free use of Oxen Meadows was allowed to the peasants of the Chubukov family by Lomov’s

(a) Father’s grandfather

(b) Aunt’s grandmother

(c) Aunt and her husband

(d) Mother’s grandmother

Ans:

(b) Aunt’s grandmother

Explanation: Lomov proclaimed that his aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of the meadows to the peasants of Natalya father’s grandfather , and in return of that they were to make bricks for them.

 

Question 25:

Chubukov calls Lomov during the argument on Oxen Meadows

(a) drunkard

(b) Pettifogger

(c) Land grabber

(d) lunatic

Ans:

(b) Pettifogger

Explanation: During the argument, Chubukov addressed Lomov and his family as pettifogger.

 

Question 26:

Natalya’s family had lent Lomov, the previous year —

(a) Birchwoods

(b) 300 roubles

(c) Oxen Meadows

(d) Threshing machine

Ans:

(d) Threshing machine.

Explanation: Natalya said that they had lent Lomov their threshing machine till November.

 

Question 27:

According to Lomov the peasants of Natalya’s father’s grandfather had the free use of Oxen Meadows for –

(a) forty years

(b) thirty years

(c) twenty years

(d) fifty years

Ans:

(a) forty years

Explanation: Lomov protested by saying that his aunts grandmother gave the free use of oxen meadows to the peasants of Chubukov’s grandfather for almost forty years, and in return they were to make bricks for his aunts grandmother.

 

Question 28:

Natalya believed that the Oxen Meadows belonged to her family for more than

(a) one hundred years

(b) two hundred years

(c) three hundred years

(d) four hundred years

Ans:

(c) three hundred years

Explanation: During an argument between Lomov and Natalya, she claimed that the oxen meadows land belonged to her family for more than three hundred years.

 

Question 29:

Chubukov accuses that Lomov’s aunt

(a) Died drinking

(b) Was a braggart

(c) Was a lunatic

(d) Ran away with an architect.

Ans:

(d) Ran away with an architect.

Explanation: In the play, ‘The Proposal’ Chubukov tried to insult Lomov by saying accused words like his aunt, Nastasya Mihailovna, ran away with an architect, etc.

 

Question 30:

An over shot dog always means he is a –

(a) Good hunter

(b) Bad smeller

(c) Bad hunter

(d) Good smeller

Ans:

(c) Bad hunter

Explanation: Lomov described Natalya’s dog, squeezer, being a overshot which means he was a bad hunter.

 

Question 31:

The name of the younger aunt of Lomov is

(a) Nannie Mihailovnna

(b) Natasya Nikilovna

(c) Natasya Mihailovna

(d) Katherine Nikilovna

Ans:

(c) Natasya Mihailovna

 

Question 32:

The word ‘embezzlement’ means

(a) Misappropriation

(b) Charity

(c) Ignition

(d) Blazing

Ans:

(a) Misappropriation

Explanation: ‘Embezzlement’ means the fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

 

Question 33:

Lomov hoped to go for shooting –

(a) Before the harvest

(b) In November

(c) In June

(d) After the harvest

Ans:

(d) After the harvest

Explanation: Natalya asked Lomov when to go for a shooting just to avoid further argument about oxen meadows Lomov replied he would go for shooting after the harvest.

 

Question 34:

The Oxen Meadows belonging to Natalya’s family was reckoned by both her

(a) Parents and grandparents

(b) Aunt and grandfather

(c) Mother and grandmother

(d) Father and grandfather

Ans:

(a) Parents and grandparents

Explanation: Natalya claimed that the oxen meadows land belongs to her grandfather and great – grandfather that was extended to Burnt – marsh.

 

Question 35:

The approximate cost of Oxen Meadows was –

(a) 500 roubles

(b) 300 roubles

(c) 200 roubles

(d) 100 roubles

Ans:

(b) 300 roubles

Explanation: The area occupied by oxen – meadows was five dessiatins and it was worth perhaps 300 roubles approximately

 

Question 36:

Lomov had bought the dog from –

(a) Minorov

(b) Mivonov

(c) Mironov

(d) Mirovon

Ans:

(c) Mironov

Explanation: Lomov said that his dog named Guess, had gone lame and expressed that Guess was his best dog he brought from Mironov worth 125 roubles

 

Question 37:

Oxen Meadows is between

(a) Birchwoods and Burnt Marsh

(b) Birnam Woods and Burnt Marsh

(c) Burnt Woods and Burnt Marsh

(d) Dunsinane and Birnam Woods

Ans:

(a) Birchwoods and Burnt Marsh

Explanation: Oxen – meadows was wedged between Birchwoods and the Burnt marsh.

 

Question 38:

When Natalya comes to know that Lomov had come to propose her, she asks her father to –

(a) Never allow him again

(b) Take him to court

(c) Get him by the neck

(d) Bring him back

Ans:

(d) Bring him back.

Explanation: When Natalya comes to know about Lomov’s marriage proposal to her, she was devastated and said to her father to bring him back.

 

Question 39:

The name of Lomov’s dog was –

(a) Guess

(b) Beaver

(c) Squeezer

(d) Guess

Ans:

(a) Guess

Explanation: Guess was the name of Lomov’s dog and was his favourite one whom he brought from Mironov worth 125 roubles.

 

Question 40:

Lomov thinks Squeezer should not be more than worth –

(a) 100 roubles

(b) 75 roubles

(c) 50 roubles

(d) 25 roubles

Ans:

(d) 25 roubles

Explanation: According to Lomov, Squeezer, named of Natalya ‘s day was a common and easy to find them anywhere whose worth would not  be more than 25 roubles.

 

Question 41:

According to Natalya, Guess was –

(a) old

(b) Ugly

(c) Worn out

(d) All the above

Ans:

(d) All the above

Explanation: Natalya protested against Lomov’s dog as an old, ugly, worn out, etc.

 

Question 42:

Guess cost Lomov –

(a) 100 roubles

(b) 125 roubles

(c) 50 roubles

(d) 150 roubles

Ans:

(b) 125 roubles

Explanation: Guess was the name of Lomov’s only dog whom he brought from Mironov, costing 125 roubles.

 

Question 43:

According to Chubukov, Guess was –

(a) Overshot

(b) Short in the muzzle

(c) Had no pedigree

(d) Bad hunter

Ans:

(b) short in the muzzle

Explanation: Chubukov kept his point regarding Lomov’s dog, guess, that he had only defects, i.e. Guess was old and was short in the muzzle.

 

Question 44:

Natalya’s dog Squeezer cost

(a) 100 roubles

(b) 50 roubles

(c) 85 roubles

(d) 200 roubles

Ans:

(c) 85 roubles

Explanation: In the play, Natalya supported her pet dog, Squeezer against Lomov’s Guess. Further, she told that the worth of squeezer brought by her father was 85 roubles.

 

Question 45:

The word ‘pettifogger’ has been used to describe

(a) Lomov

(b) Chubukov

(c) Natalya

(d) Mironov

Ans:

(a) Lomov

Explanation: The word ‘pettifogger’ was used by Chubukov addressing Lomov during their silly argument.

 

Question 46:

Natalya was shelling for drying.

(a) Peas

(b) Beans

(c) Onions

(d) Mollusks

Ans:

(a) Peas.

Explanation: When Lomov comes up with a marriage proposal to Natalya house, she was removing the shells of peas for drying.

 

Question 47:

Guess belonged to

(a) Lomov

(b) Chubukov

(c) Lomov’s aunt

(d) Chubukov’s wife

Ans:

(a) Lomov

Explanation: Guess was the only pet dog of Lomov that he brought from Mironov worth 125 roubles.

 

Question 48:

Lomov had come dressed in

(a) dinner jacket

(b) White gloves

(c) (a) and (b)

(d) Negligee

Ans:

(c) (a) and (b)

Explanation: Lomov was dressed up in an evening attire, while gloves ,etc to make a marriage proposal to Chubukov’s daughter, Natalya.

 

Question 49:

Lomov had come to Chubukov to ask for

(a) Some money

(b) His peasants

(c) His daughter’s hand

(d) Threshing machine

Ans:

(c) His daughter’s hand

Explanation: Lomov was a neighbour of Chubukov, and also a landowner. He went to Chubukov’s house in an evening attire to make a marriage proposal to Chubukov’s daughter, Natalya.

 

Question 50:

The engagement of Natalya and Lomov was finally

(a) Cancelled

(b) Postponed

(c) Announced

(d) Broken

Ans:

(c) Announced

Explanation: At the end of the play, Chubukov hurried made an announcement of his daughter’s engagement with Lomov to end their petty argument.

 

Question 51:

Lomov had come to Chubukov’s house in –

(a) Mourning dress

(b) Formal dress

(c) Casual dress

(d) Evening dress.

Ans:

(d) Evening dress.

Explanation: Lomov, a neighbour of Chubukov, went to his house with an evening attire to ask for Chubuov’s daughter’s hand for marriage.

 

Question 52:

The pull that Lomov experiences at night may happen –

(a) forty times

(b) thirty times

(c) twenty times

(d) ten times

Ans:

(c) twenty times.

Explanation: Lomov reveals that he is suffering from a number of ailments and the pull might occur approximately twenty times at night.

 

Question 53:

The Oxen Meadows was once used by the peasants of Nataly’s –

(a) Father’s father

(b) Father’s grandfather

(c) Father’s mother

(d) Father’s grandmother

Ans:

(b) Father’s grandfather

Explanation: Natalya protested that the Oxen Meadows land belongs to her grandfather and great – grandfather that was later extended to Burnt – Marsh.

 

Question 54:

 The word ‘pettifogger’ is used for –

(a) Mironov

(b) Chubukov

(c) Natalya

(d) Lomov

Ans:

(d) Lomov

Explanation: During the heavy argument, Chubukov addressed Lomov and his whole family as pettifogger that means a person who quibbles our trifles.

 

Question 55:

Lomov bought his dog from

(a) Mironov

(b) Chubukov

(c) Natalya

(d) His aunt

Ans:

(a) Mironov

Explanation: Lomov bought his only dog named Guess from Mironov, worth 125 roubles.

 

Question 56:

Lomov’s aunt’s name is –

(a) Natalya Stepanovna

(b) Natasha Vassilvitch

(c) Natasya Mihailovna

(d) Natalya Mihailovna

Ans:

(c) Natasya Mihailovna

Explanation: Lomov’s younger aunt named Natasya Mihailovna, who ran away with an architect.

 

Question 57:

Chubukov comments that Lomov’s family has had a history of –

(a) Lunacy

(b) Autocracy

(c) Hypocrisy

(d) Democracy

Ans:

(a) Lunacy

Explanation: Chubukov while arguing with Lomov, he commented that Lomov’s family were suffering from lunacy or insanity.

 

Question 58:

Who is referred to as a “Love sick Cat” by Chubukov?

(a) Natalya

(b) Lomov

(c) Lomov’s aunt

(d) Chubukov’s wife

Ans:

(a) Natalya

Explanation: Chubukov referred his daughter as a “love sick cat” because when she came to know Lomov’s marriage proposal from her father, she was devastated and said to summoned back Lomov immediately.

 

Question 59:

Who is ‘Overshot’?

(a) Guess

(b) Squeezer

(c) None

(d) Both Guess and squeezer

Ans:

(b) Squeezer

Explanation: Lomov addressed Natalya’s pet dog. Squeezer as an ‘overshot ‘who is known as a bad hunter.

 

Question 60:

At first Chubukov thought Lomov had come to him —

(a) With a marriage proposal

(b) To borrow money

(c) To borrow threshing machine

(d) None of the above

Ans:

(b) To borrow money

Explanation: In the play, Chubukov prejudiced that lomov had come to borrow money from him as he was wearing an evening attire.

 

Question 61:

When Natalya was called to meet Lomov, she was —

(a) Shelling peas

(b) Drying hay

(c) Cooking

(d) Dusting

Ans:

(a) Shelling peas

Explanation: Natalya was called to meet Lomov because he brought up a marriage proposal to her, she was busy removing the shells of peas for drying.

 

Question 62:

The proposal is a play

(a) one-act

(b) three-act

(c) five-act

(d) Tragic

Ans:

(a) one-act

Explanation: ‘The Proposal’ is a one – act play written by Anton Chekov. It is called so because the entire dramatic action is complete within a single act.

 

Question 63:

The play “The proposal” is a –

(a) Farce

(b) Tragedy

(c) Comedy

(d) kitchens-sink drama

Ans:

(a) Farce

Explanation: Through the structure of the play, Chekov tries to focus on marriage as convenience and treats his theme at a level of farce.

 

Question 64:

For Lomov a critical age for marriage is –

(a) 35 years

(b) 25 years

(c) 50 years

(d) 15 years

Ans:

(a) 35 years

Explanation: Lomov, a landowner was 35 years of age and thought to settle down by marry Chubukovs daughter, and lead a simple normal life.

 

Question 65:

Chubukov calls ——— a ‘love-sick cat’ –

(a) His wife

(b) His daughter

(c) Lomov’s aunt

(d) His own aunt

Ans:

(b) His daughter.

Explanation: Chubukov referred his daughter as a ‘love – sick cat’ because when she come to know the reasons of Lomov’s arrival at Chubukov’s house in an evening attire, she become furious and said to summon him back immediately.

 

Question 66:

According to Chubukov who had run away with an architect:

(a) Lomov’s grandmother

(b) Lomov’s aunt

(c) Lomov’s sister

(d) Lomov’s mother

Ans:

(b) Lomov’s aunt.

Explanation: Chubukov further said that Lomov’s younger aunt Natashya Mihailovna ran away with an architect during their argument.

 

Question 67:

Chubukov wanted to shoot Lomov like a —

(a) Turkey

(b) partridge

(c) Hen

(d) Duck

Ans:

(b) Partridge

Explanation: During an argument, Chubukov became furious and said that he would shoot Lomov like a partridge.

 

Question 68:

According to Natalya Lomov is so poor a hunter that he should

(a) Stay at home all day

(b) Stay in his garden

(c) Sit in his kitchen and catch black beetles

(d) Sit in his parlour

Ans:

(c) Sit in his kitchen and catch black beetles.

Explanation: Lomov was weak by heart and during their huge argument, he kept on repeating that he would fell off the ground. Natalya made a comment that he could not be a good hunter and better to stay at home and sit in his kitchen to catch black beetles.

 

Question 69:

Both Lomov and Chubukov are

(a) Businessmen

(b) Dukes

(c) Landowners

(d) Doctors

Ans:

(c) Landowners

Explanation: Lomov was a neighbour of Chubukov, who later both claimed Oxen Meadows to be theirs.

 

Question 70:

Natalya appears before Lomov in

(a) Evening gown

(b) Night gown

(c) Summer dress

(d) Apron and negligee

Ans:

(d) Apron and negligee

Explanation: Lomov who came up with a marriage proposal to Natalya , who was wearing an apron and negligee because she was removing shells of peas for drying.

 

Question 71:

Natalya is —— yrs old –

(a) 35

(b) 40

(c) 25

(d) 30

Ans:

(c) 25

Explanation: In the play “The proposal”, Natalya is one of the character who was 25 years of age.

 

Question 72:

Guess is a hunting dog belonging to –

(a) Lomov

(b) Chubukov

(c) Nastasya Mihailona

(d) The count

Ans:

(a) Lomov

Explanation: Guess is the only dog owned by Lomov whom he brought from Mironov worth 125 roubles.

 

Question 73:

Squeezer had cost –

(a) 125 roubles

(b) 85 roubles

(c) 60 roubles

(d) 100 roubles

Ans:

(b) 85 roubles

Explanation: Squeezer is the pet dog owned by Chubukov and his daughter that was worth 85 roubles.

 

Question 74:

Immediately after their engagement Natalya and Lomov –

(a) Hold hands

(b) Go out together

(c) Drink champagne together

(d) Start another argument.

Ans:

(c) Drink champagne together

Explanation: At the end of the play, Chubukov announced his daughter and Lomov’s engagement and opened up a bottle of champagne.

 

Question 75:

Chubukov says that a weight is off his shoulders because

(a) The argument is over

(b) Lomov has accepted that Oxen Meadows belong to Chubukov

(c) Lomov and Natalya is getting married

(d) Lomov has accepted that Guess is not as good as Squeezer

Ans:

(c) Lomov and Natalya is getting married

Explanation: At the end of the play, Chubukov tried to prevent further argument between Natalya and Lomov. Later he declared their engagement and made peace among themselves.

 

Question 76:

Natalya says, that having lent Lomov their threshing machine, they had to put off their own threshing till

(a) October

(b) November

(c) December

(d) September

Ans:

(b) November

Explanation: In the play, Natalya claims that they had lent Lomov their threshing machine till November.

 

Question 77:

Lomov plans to start shooting after

(a) His marriage

(b) Acquisition of Oxen Meadows

(c) The harvest

(d) His treatment

Ans:

(c) The harvest

Explanation: To avoid further argument, Natalya asked Lomov when he was going for a shoot. Lomov replied that he would go for shooting after the harvest.

 

Question 78:

Natalya claims that on points and pedigree Squeezer is better than anything that even __________ has got

(a) Mironov

(b) Lomov

(c) Volchantesky

(d) The Count

Ans:

(c) Volchantesky

Explanation: Natalya and Lomov were arguing over their dogs squeezer and Guess she said that squeezer is better on pedigree being compared to anything else.

 

Question 79:

When Lomov arrived, Natalya was

(a) Instructing her mowers

(b) Shelling peas for drying

(c) Stacking hay

(d) Reading a book

Ans:

(b) Shelling peas for drying

Explanation: Lomov, the landowner came up with a marriage proposal to Natalya’s house. She appeared wearing apron and negligee towards Lomov because she was removing shells of peas for drying.

 

Question 80:

According to Lomov the very worst of all his problems, is

(a) The way he sleeps

(b) The way he gets nervous

(c) Having palpitations

(d) Getting awfully upset

Ans:

(a) The way he sleeps

Explanation: Lomov revealed about himself that he was suffering from palpitations and the worst part of all this was how he sleeps at night.

 

Question 81:

Natalya is afraid that

(a) Her hay may get stolen

(b) Her hay may rot

(c) Her hay is not stacked well

(d) She has made a delay in getting by the workmen the field cut

Ans:

(b) Her hay may rot

Explanation: Natalya talked to Lomov about her hay that the day before, due to rain the workmen were unable to work in the field and she had cut the whole field. Later, she revealed that she was worried if her hay gets rotten.

 

Question 82:

Natalya says, Lomov must excuse her

(a) Apron and negligee

(b) Ignorance

(c) Inability to play the perfect

(d) Rude behaviour hostess

Ans:

(a) Apron and negligee

Explanation: Lomov, being a guest in Natalya’s house, she apologized for being in an apron and negligee because she was removing shells of peas for drying then.

 

Question 83:

‘Do be a reasonable man’ – the speaker is –

(a) Natalya

(b) Chubukov

(c) Mironov

(d) Lomov

Ans:

(d) Lomov

Explanation: Lomov asked Chubukov to understand his point of view regarding the oxen – meadows land that it belongs to him.

 

Question 84:

Lomov says, Chubukov is not a neighbour, he is a –

(a) thief

(b) Gambler

(c) Grabber

(d) Gypsy

Ans:

(c) Grabber

Explanation: In the play, Lomov was very disappointed about being a neighbour of Chubukov, and commented that a good neighbour must behave properly, but Chubukov seemed to be a land grabber according to Lomov.

 

Question 85:

Natalya attacks Lomov by saying, that there haven’t been many backbiters to equal –

(a) Lomov

(b) Lomov’s father

(c) Lomov’s mother

(d) Lomov’s aunt

Ans:

(d) Lomov’s aunt

Explanation: Chubukov and his daughter argument against Lomov, and they started commenting each other’s families where Natalya compared Lomov’s aunt to backbiters.

 

Question 86:

Natalya claims that Chubukov had paid — roubles for squeezer.

(a) 85

(b) 25

(c) 125

(d) 185

Ans:

(a) 85

Explanation: Natalya supported her pet dog squeezer against Lomov’s dog Guess. Further, she said that squeezer was brought by her father worth 85 roubles.

 

Question 87:

Chubukov threatened Lomov by saying that he would shoot him like a –

(a) Fox

(b) Black beetle

(c) Sheep

(d) Partridge

Ans:

(d) Partridge

Explanation: In the play, Chubukov became aggressive during the argument with Lomov, and said that he would shoot Lomov like a partridge.

 

Question 88:

“She’s willing! ” – Natalya, according to Chubukov is willing to –

(a) Give away Oxen Meadows

(b) Accept that Guess is better

(c) Stop the argument

(d) Get married than Squeezer.

Ans:

(d) Get married than Squeezer.

Explanation: At the end of the play, to prevent further argument, Chubukov readily accepted to give his daughter to Lomov.

 

 

Question 89:

Lomov gave Mironov ———— roubles for Guess

(a) 25

(b) 125

(c) 35

(d) 135

Ans:

(b) 125

Explanation: Guess was the pet dog of Lomov and only favourite of him. He brought Guess from Mironov worth of 125 roubles.

 

Question 90:

Lomov says that on overshot dog is always

(a) A good hunter

(b) A bad hunter

(c) A toroughbred animal

(d) A moderate hunter

Ans:

(b) A bad hunter

Explanation: Lomov commented Natalya’s pet dog, squeezer as an ‘overshot’ who known as a bad hunter.

 

Question 91:

“He’s old and as ugly as a worn-out cab-horse” — The word ‘he’ refers to

(a) Lomov

(b) Chubukov

(c) Guess

(d) Squeezer

Ans:

(c) Guess

Explanation: Here, ‘he’ refers to Guess, i.e. Lomov’s pet dog and is said by Natalya to protest against his dog.

 

Question 92:

“Why talk rot?” — The speaker is

(a) Lomov

(b) Natalya

(c) Chubukov

(d) Mironov

Ans:

(b) Natalya

Explanation: This line is spoken by Natalya to Lomov during their argument regarding their pet dogs, squeezer and Guess.

 

Question 93:

The peasants of Natalya’s father’s grandfather were given the free use of the Meadows in perpetuity by

(a) Lomov’s father’s grandfather

(b) Lomov’s father’s grandmother

(c) Lomov’s grandmother

(d) Lomov’s aunt’s grandmother

Ans:

(d) Lomov’s aunt’s grandmother

Explanation: Lomov protested that his aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of oxen – meadows to the peasants of Chubukov’s grandfather for almost forty years, and in return they were to make bricks for his aunt’s grandmother.

 

Question 94:

According to Natalya, the Meadows only come to

(a) Six dessiatins

(b) Five dessiatins

(c) Four dessiatins

(d) Three dessiatins

Ans:

(b) Five dessiatins

Explanation: According to Natalya, the area occupied by oxen – meadows was five dessiatins that was wedged in between Birchwoods and the Burnt Marsh.

 

Question 95:

”I don’t want the Meadows, but I am acting on principle” – The speaker is

(a) Lomov

(b) Chubukov

(c) Natalya

(d) Mironov

Ans:

(a) Lomov

Explanation: In the play, Lomov tried to make Natalya understand the oxen meadows land belongs to him, but if she wanted, he would make a gift for Natalya the land.

 

Question 96:

Natalya says she will prove her right over the Meadows by

a) Going to court

b) Showing the documents

c) Sending her mowers out to the Meadows that very day

d) Making Lomov a present of the Meadows

Ans:

(c) Sending her mowers out to the Meadows that very day

Explanation: Natalya ordered her father to send a mowers out of the oxen- meadow just to prove Lomov wrong that the meadow belongs to Natalya’s family.

 

Question 97:

Chubukov says that Lomov can count on Natalya’s consent for marriage because,

(a) Even she has reached a

(b) She is love-sick critical age

(c) She has no option other than

(d) Lomov is a Landowner marrying Lomov

Ans:

(b) She is love-sick critical age

Explanation: Chubukov got excited when he heard the marriage proposal of Lomov for his daughter. He said that Natalya would never rejected his proposal because she is a romantic person.

 

Question 98:

“I Shall try to be brief” — The speaker is

(a) Chubukov

(b) Lomov

(c) Natalya

(d) Nastasya

Ans:

(b) Lomov

Explanation: This line was delivered by Lomov to Natalya. Lomov was feeling shy and also awkward to keep his marriage proposal infront of Natalya and thus, he tried to describe his feelings to her.

 

Question 99

According to Lomov, his aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of Oxen Meadows to

(a) Natalya’s father

(b) Natalya’s grandfather

(c) Natalya’s father’s grandfather

(d) The peasants of Natalya’s father’s grandfather

Ans:

(d) The peasants of Natalya’s father’s grandfather

Explanation: Lomov said that his aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of oxen meadow to the peasants of Chubukov’s  grandfather for almost forty years, and in return they were to make bricks for his aunt’s grandmother.

 

Question 100:

Natalya claims that they have had the land for nearly

(a) hundred years

(b) three hundred years

(c) four hundred years

(d) five hundred years

Ans:

(b) three hundred years

Explanation: In the play, Natalya kept her point of view that the oxen meadows land belonged to her family for more than three hundred years.

 

Question 101:

Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov is a

(a) Merchant

(b) Landowner

(c) Peasant

(d) Doctor

Ans:

(b) Landowner

Explanation: Chubukov is the character who played the role of a landowner and the father of Natalya in the play ‘the proposal’ written by Anton Chekov.

 

 

Question 102:

Chubukov first addresses Lomov as

(a) angel

(b) Precious

(c) Treasure

(d) Darling

Ans:

(d) Darling

Explanation: Chubukov welcomed Lomov heartfully and honoured him being his neighbour at the beginning of the play.

 


Question 103:

Lomov wants to drink some water because

(a) He was feeling thirsty

(b) He was not feeling well

(c) He was getting excited

(d) He was getting upset

Ans:

(c) He was getting excited

Explanation: Lomov was suffering from palpitation, so he was getting excited with an argument of oxen – meadows and his dog Guess for which he wanted to have some water to calm down.


Question 104:

Lomov says, he has come to honoured Stepan Stepanovitch to

(a) Pay a New year’s Eve visit

(b) To trouble him with a request

(c) To borrow the threshing machine

(d) To argue with Natalya.

Ans:

(b) To trouble him with a request

Explanation: Lomov was welcomed by Chubukov in his house. He said to Chubukov that he had come with a request to make a marriage proposal for his daughter, Natalya.

 

Question 105:

What is the format of the play ‘The Proposal’? –

(a) one-act play

(b) Tragedy

(c) Comedy

(d) Farce

Ans:

(a) one-act play

Explanation: The play ‘the proposal’ is written by a Russian playwright, Anton Chekov which is a one act play, i.e. the entire dramatic action is complete written a single act.


Question 106:

Lomov feels a pull during sleeping –

(a) Less than twenty times

(b) More than twenty times

(c) twenty times

(d) nineteen times

Ans:

(c) twenty times

Explanation: Lomov reveals that he is suffering from palpitation and a number of ailments where he might get a pull that occurs approximately twenty time’s at night.

 

Question 107:

“Excuse me, my precious…” The word ‘precious’ refers to –

(a) Lomov

(b) Natalya

(c) Nastasya

(d) Mironov

Ans:

(a) Lomov

Explanation: Here, ‘precious’ is referred to Lomov by Chubukov when he tried to explain the oxen – meadow belongs to his family.

 

Question 108:

When Lomov offers the meadows to Natalya, she

(a) Calls her father

(b) Agrees to marry him

(c) Takes the offer as an insult claims to have

(d) Refuses to marry him

Ans:

(c) Takes the offer as an insult claims to have

Explanation: Lomov tried to make an offer of his oxen meadow to Natalya, but she rejected because she thinks that the oxen meadow land belongs to her family.


Question 109:

Lomov claims to have inherited the land from his

(a) Parents

(b) Great grand father

(c) Late uncle

(d) Late aunt and her husband

Ans:

(d) Late aunt and her husband

Explanation: In the play, Lomov explained that the oxen meadows property was inherited to him by his late aunt and her husband.

 

Question 110:

When Chubukov called Natalya, she was

(a) Watching clothes

(b) Shelling peas for drying

(c) Having lunch

(d) Instructing her workmen

Ans:

(b) Shelling peas for drying

Explanation: As Lomov brought up a proposal of marriage Natalya, Chubukov called her while she was removing the shells of peas foe drying.

 

Question 111:

The area of Oxen Meadows is equal to

(a) Three dessiatins

(b) Five dessiatins

(c) Four dessiatins

(d) Two dessiatins

Ans:

(b) Five dessiatins

Explanation: The area occupied by oxen meadow was five dessiatins that was wedged in between birchwoods and the Burnt Marsh.

 

Question 112:

After hearing Lomov’s proposal Chubukov is ‘off his balance’ with

(a) Joy

(b) Anger

(c) Hatred

(d) Disgust

Ans:

(a) Joy
Explanation:
Chubukov exclaimed with joy when he heard Lomov’s marriage proposal for his daughter, because according to him Lomov was a good and well-settled man to be suited for his daughter.

 

Question 113:

The peasants belonging to Natalya’s Father’s grandfather had the free use of the Meadow’s for

(a) thirty years

(b) twenty years

(c) ten years

(d) forty years

Ans:

(d) forty years

Explanation: Lomov said that his aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of oxen meadow to the peasants of Chubukov’s  grandfather for almost forty years, and in  return they were to make bricks for his aunt’s grandmother.

 

Question 114:

Lomov bought the dog from Mironov for

(a) 130 roubles

(b) 120 roubles

(c) 125 roubles

(d) 135 roubles

Ans:

(c) 125 roubles

Explanation: Guess was the only pet dog Lomov owned. He brought from Mironov worth of 125 roubles.

 

Question 115:

The peasants of Chubukov’s grandfather used to bake bricks for Lomov’s

(a) Aunt’s grandmother

(b) Aunt’s grandfather

(c) Grandfather

(d) Uncle

Ans:

(a) Aunt’s grandmother

Explanation: Lomov claimed that his aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of the meadows to the peasants of Chubukov’s grandfather, and in return of that they used to make bricks for them.

 

 

Question 116:

For Lomov a critical age for marriage is –

(a) 35 years

(b) 25 years

(c) 50 years

(d) 15 years

Ans:

(a) 35 years

Explanation: Lomov, a landowner was 35 years of age and thought to settle down by marrie Chubukovs daughter, and lead a simple normal life.

More MCQ from The Proposal Drama

  1. Who wrote the play?

(a) Anthon Chekov (b) Antony Chekov (c) Anton Chekov (d) Anthony Chekov

  1. From where did he belong?

(a) Russia (b) Roma (c) France (d) Roossevelt

  1. What was he considered as a pioneer of ?

(a) romance (b)  modernism (c) naturist (d) mortalilty

  1. Where was he considered a pioneer in?

(a) poem (b) story (c) play (d) theatre

  1. Which is one of his famous works?

(a) Uncle Vaani (b) 3 sisters (c) Karma (d) The Cherry Orchard

  1. From which is language is this play translated from?

(a) English (b) French (c) Russian (d) none

  1. What kind of play is this play?

(a) one-act (b) two-act (c) multi-act (d) all of these

  1. When did it gain currency as a dramatic form?

(a) beginning 19th century (b) mid 19th century (c) late 19th century (d) early 20th century

  1. What are these kind of play totally focused on?

(a) drama (b) romance (c) mystery (d) action

  1. What has a little scope of development?

(a) story (b) summary (c) character (d) name

  1. In which room does this scene take place?

(a) dining (b) restroom (c) living (d) none

  1. What colour gloves does Lomov wear?

(a) red (b) white (c) yellow (d) green

  1. What does Chubukov call Lomov when he sees him first?

(a)  Vassilevch (b) Vassilevitch (c) Vasilevitch (d) none

  1. What was Chubokov’s daughter’s age?

(a) 20 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 27

  1. What was Chubokov’s daughter’s name?

(a) Natasha (b) Nataliya (c) Natalia (d) Natalya

  1. What was Lomov’s age?

(a) 35 (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 25

  1. What did Chubokov assume Lomov came for?

(a) to ask for money (b) to give money (c) to marry Natalya (d) none

  1. What kind of dress was Lomov wearing?

(a) party outfit (b) pyajamas (c) formal (b) informal

  1. What did Lomov call Chubokov to honour him?

(a) Stephan Stepanowitch (b) Stepan Stepanowitch (c) Stephan Stepanowich (d) Stephanie Stepanowitch

  1. What kind of occasional visit did Chubokov think Lomov was giving?

(a) Christmas (b) New Year (c) Thanksgiving (d) Halloween

  1. What did Lomov actually come for?

(a) to ask for Natalya’s number (b) to ask Natalya for dance (c) to ask for Natalya’s hand in marriage (d) to ask for Natalya’s residence

  1. What did Chubokov do after listening to Lomov?

(a) ask Natalya (b) call Natalya (c) scolded Natalya (d) none

  1. What does Lomov suffer from?

(a) palpitations (b) loss of apetite(c) hearing loss (d) pneumonia

  1. What does Chubokov call his daughter?

(a) love sick dog (b) love sick bird (c) love sick cat (d) love sick woman

  1. What special quality did Natalya possess?

(a) house keeping (b) well educated (c) good looking (d) all of these

  1. From where does Lomov starts to get a noise of excitement from?

(a) ear (b) ear drum (c) ear socket (d) ear lobe

  1. Where did Lomov have a twitch?

(a) ear (b) throat (c) eyebrows (d) nose

  1. How many times does Lomov have difficulty in sleeping?

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 50

  1. What was Natalya shelling for drying?

(a) peas (b) onions (c) carrots (d) garlic

  1. What did Natalya ask Lomov to have some?

(a) dinner (b) lunch (c) breakfast (d) evening meal

  1. What did Natalya offer Lomov after asking him to eat?

(a) smoke (b) tea (b) coffee (d) none

  1. What is Natalya afraid that it would rot?

(a) peas (b) hay (c) crops (d) food

  1. Since when did Lomov knew about Stepanowitch’s family?

(a) long time (b) childhood (c) adulthood (d) 5 -10 years

  1. Whose land did Lomov inherit?

(a) aunt (b) father (c) mother (d) none

  1. What did Lomov mention when talking with Natalya had touched their birchwoods?

(a) Oxen Window (b) Oxen Grid (c) Oxen Meadow (d) Oxen Meadows

  1. What did Natalya think belonged to her family?

(a) birchwoods (b) Burnt Marsh (c) Oxen Meadows (d) flowers

  1. For how many years did Stepanowitch’s family own the land?

(a) 100 (b) 300 (c) 500 (d) 1000

  1. According to Lomov, who gave use of the “Oxen M” in perpetuality of the peasants?

(a) aunt (b) aunt’s mother (c) aunt’s grandmother (d) aunt’s grandfather

  1. For how much time did Stepanowitch’s family access those Oxen M according to Lomov?

(a) 10 years (b) 20 years (c) 30 years (d) 40 years

  1. Who would show the documents?

(a) Lomov (b) Natalya (c) Chubokov (d) peasants

  1. Whose peasants used to bake bricks?

(a) Stepanovitch’s great grand aunt (b) Lomov’s aunt’s father (c)Stepanovitch’s great grand father (d) Lomov’s aunt’s grandmother

  1. What did Stepanovitch’s family lent lomov last year?

(a) vending machine (b) thrusting machine (c) law machine (d) milk machine

  1. What did Natalya thought Lomov behaved to them, thinking they’re like _____?

(a) gypsies (b) scheduled castes (b) natives (d) tribals

  1. What allegation did Lomov think Natalya gave him?

(a) landowner (b) landstealer (c) landtaker (d) landgrabber

  1. How did Lomov start reacting to Natalya?

(a) shouted (b) cried (c) laughed (d) didn’t utter a word

  1. For how many years did Stepanovitch’s peasants used the land?

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 40

  1. What was Chubokov’s age?

(a) twice of Lomov (b) twice of Natalya (c) thrice of Lomov (d) thrice of Natalya

  1. What did they do to Lomov?

(a) gave him the Meadows (b) threw him out of the house (c) cursed him (d) both ‘b’ and ‘c’

  1. What was Natalya’s reaction after she came to know that Lomov came for her hand in marriage?

(a) cried (b) got more angry (c) regretted (d) was happy

  1. Who brought Lomov back?

(a) Natalya (b) Natalya’s aunt (c) Chubov (d) Chubokov

  1. What did Natalya change the topic of conversation about?

(a) shooting (b) riding (c) dogs (d) none

  1. Which topic made them again go into an argument?

(a) shooting (b) riding (c) dogs (d) none

  1. Who does Natalya thinks is better than Lomov?

(a) Squeezer (b) Dogs (c) Chubokov (d) Green Meadows

  1. What happened when Chubokov entered their conversation again?

(a) it became good (b) it became worse (c) changed the topic (d) none

  1. Who fell down?

(a) Natalya (b) Chubokov (c) Natalya’s aunt (d) Lomov

  1. Why did he fell down?

(a) due to asthma (b) due to loss of hearing (c) due to palpitations (d) due to heart attack

  1. What did they try to pass down his throat?

(a) tea (b) water (c) drinks (d) air

  1. What did Chubokov and Natalya initially declare him?

(a) dead (b) unconscious (c) conscious (d) none

  1. What happened to Lomov after they thought he was dead?

(a) he was alive (b) he was still dead (c) he was still unconscious (d) he was unable to hear

  1. What did Natalya try to tell Lomov was better?

(a) Guess (b) Labrador (c) squeezer (d) Horse

  1. What did Lomov say was better?

(a) Guess (b) Labrador (c) squeezer (d) Horse

  1. What does ‘weight off my shoulders’ mean?

(a) finished (b) relieved (c) relaxed (d) redeem

  1. What was still numb when Lomov kissed Natalya?

(a) throat  (b) hand (c) leg (d) mouth

  1. Who offered to drink at last?

(a) Lomov (b) Natalya (c) Chubokob (d) Chubokov

  1. What did they all drink in the end?

(a) Champagne (b) Wine (c) Beer (d) Whiskey

Answers:

  1. c
  2. a
  3. b
  4. d
  5. d
  6. c
  7. a
  8. c
  9. a
  10. c
  11. a
  12. b
  13. b
  14. c
  15. d
  16. a
  17. a
  18. c
  19. b
  20. b
  21. c
  22. b
  23. a
  24. c
  25. d
  26. a
  27. c
  28. b
  29. a
  30. b
  31. a
  32. b
  33. b
  34. a
  35. d
  36. c
  37. b
  38. c
  39. d
  40. a
  41. c
  42. b
  43. a
  44. d
  45. a
  46. d
  47. a
  48. b
  49. c
  50. d
  51. a
  52. c
  53. a
  54. b
  55. d
  56. c
  57. b
  58. a
  59. a
  60. c
  61. a
  62. b
  63. c
  64. d
  65. a

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