A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov // Rainbow Part-2 Prose Chapter-11

 

A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
Anton Chekhov

ANTON CHEKHOV’S BIOGRAPHY

1.       Anton Chekhov was born in 1860 and died in 1904.

2.       He was a Russian writer.

3.       He was a doctor by profession.

4.       He started his literary career by writing comic sketches.

5.       His major works include Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard.

A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL SUMMARY

A marriage proposal is written by Anton Chekhov. He was a Russian writer. This is drama and in this there are three characters, 1^st  S.S Choobookov who is father, 2^nd is Natalia who is the daughter of Choobookov and 3^rd is Mr. Lomov who is the neighbor of choobookov. Actually Natalia and Lomov they love each other and both wanted to marry with each other. Both have feeling to marry but did not propose to each other.
One day Lomov reached at the house of choobookov and told choobookov “I want to marry with Natalia” when Choobookov listen this he was very happy and Choobookov called Natalia and told to meet with Lomov . Both were very happy but suddenly both started fighting fox meadow where both agreed to go to court for justice. Father also came there and started using abusive language so Lomov went back to his home. When father told Natalia, Lomov had come to tell me that he wants to marry with you. Then Natalia was very upset. She told her father to call him. When Lomov and Natalia met again they started quarrelling for their dogs. They started arguing my dog is good and my dog is good. But finally this time both got agreed to marry with each other and finally married.

A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL OBJECTIVE QUESTION

1.      Natalia and ___________ are quarrelling for ox-meadows.
a)Romov
b)Lomov                   
c)Choobookov
d)Momov

2.      Lomov is a man of ___________ temperament.
a)caste
b)religion                  
c)racial
d)none of these

3.      Lomov’s dog has two defects he is old and his ___________ too short.
a)teeth
b)mouth                    
c)muzzle
d)nose

4.      Lomov says that he will prove in the court that the ___________ meadows belongs to him.
a)goat
b)cow                                         
c)ox
d)lion

5.      ‘I will prove to you in court’ is said ___________.
a)Natalia
b)Lomov                   
c)Choobookov
d)Anton

6.      When Lomov came to Choobookov, the latter ___________.
a)neglected him
b)welcomed him   
c)abused him
d)none of these

7.      “A Marriage Proposol” is written by ___________.
a) H.E. Bates
b)Shiga Naoya                         
c)Germaine Greer
d)Anton Chekhov

8.      Anton Chekhov was born in ___________.
a)1860
b)1870                        
c)1875
d)1876

9.      Anton Chekhov died in ___________.
a)1904
b)1890                        
c)1980
d)1910

10.  Anton Chekhov is famous for ___________
a)novel
b)poem    
c)essay
d)drama and short story

11.  Anton Chekhov was a ___________ writer.
a)Indian
b)Japanese
c)Russian
d)American

12.  Anton Chekhov was a ___________ by profession.
a)teacher
b)doctor    
c)judge
d)poet

13.  Lomov is a neighbor of ___________
a)Runokov
b)Monokov 
 c)Choobookov
d)Denukov

14.  “That is a load off my back”, said ___________
a)Choobookov
b)Lomov   
c)Romov
d)Somov

15.  Lomov was the ___________ of Choobookov.
a)neighbor
b)enemy    
c)friend
d)sister

16.  ___________  says that he is having heart failure.
a)Lomov
b)Natalia    
c)Matalia
d)Choobookov

17.  Lomov is ___________  years old.
a)30
b)35                             
c)32
d)36

18.  ___________  is mad in love of Lomov.
a)Natalia
b)Ratalia    
c)Matalia
d)Khatalia

19.  The name of the dog of Lomov is ___________.
a)Guess
b)Buess                      
c)Ruess
d)Cruess

20.  A Marriage Proposal is a ___________  act play.
a)three
b)one                           
c)two
d)four

21.  ___________  is the daughter of Choobookov.
a)Satalia
b)Matalia   
c)Ratalia
d)Natalia

22.  The name of the dog of Natalia is ___________.
a)Leap
b)Weap                      
c)Seap
d)deap

23.  The worth of ox meadows is about three ___________.
a)hundred
b)thousand               
c)million
d)crore

24.  Lomov says that he will prove in the court that the ___________  meadows belongs to him.
a)cow
b)buffalo   
c)ox
d)goat

25.  The ownership of ___________ is disputed.
a)ox-meadows
b)cow-meadows   
c)bull meadows
d)goat-meadows

A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL QUESTION ANSWER

    1.       How does Choobookov react when he comes to know that Lomov wants to marry Natalia?
Ans. Choobookov becomes extremely delighted because he thinks it will be an ideal match.

    2.       Why is Lomove unable to speak about marriage?
Lomove is unable to speak about marriage due to the less possibility of acceptance and his hesitation does not allow him to tell the father of Natalia to ask her hand in marriage.

    3.       How is Lomov greeted by Choobookov?
Choobookov is surprised to see Lomov dressed in formal clothes. He thinks Lomov is going to a party but he greets him cordaily.

    4.       What are the names of the dogs of Natalia and Lomov?
Natalia’s dog is named Leap whereas the name of the dog of Lomov is Guess.

    5.       What are the two defects that Choobookov finds in the dog of Lomov.
Ans. To the mind of Choobookov, Lomov’s dog is old and his muzzle is too short.

6.      A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL LINE EXPLANATION

    1.       “You can look at the document, dear Natalia Stepanova. At one time there were some quarrels about Ox-meadows, you are quite right.”
Ans. Lomov says that his Aunt’s grandmother has lent the Ox-meadows to Natalia’s grandfather’s peasants for temporary use and free of charge. The pleasants have used the land for forty years and consider the as their own.