The Bet Short Story
Authored by Margaret Anderson
English
9th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main topic discussed at the dinner party?
Wealth and debt
The value of knowledge and experience
Is life in prison more harsh than capital punishment.
Treat others as you want to be treated
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is one way the banker change from the beginning of the story to the end?
He is very wealthy and confident in the beginning, then he has lost his fortune and pride by the end.
His time in isolation has made him lose his mind.
He has gotten much older by the end.
He is happy and rich at the beginning and becomes angry and resentful at the end.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is one way the lawyer has changed from the beginning of the story to the end?
He has lost his wealth.
He is much older by the end of the story.
He is wealthier after winning the bet.
He no longer values money, or winning the bet.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One possible theme of Chekhov's short story could be...
Being right takes a lot of energy.
Bad decisions are bad decisions.
Knowledge and Experience are more valuable than money.
Greed can lead to negative consequences.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the lawyer renounce the money and leave a few hours shy of winning the bet and receiving the two million dollars?
He read and studied so much that he discovered that the bet was meaningless and the money has no true value.
He was looking for the banker to call off the bet.
He fell asleep and lost track of the days. When he woke up, he left.
He lost track of the days and actually thought he had won.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does obsolete mean based off the passage:
The guests, among them not a few scholars and journalists, for the most part disapproved of capital punishment. They found it obsolete as a means of punishment, unfitted to a Christian State and immoral. Some of them thought that capital punishment should be replaced universally by life-imprisonment.
acceptable
morally correct
no longer produced or used; out of date.
justifiable
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which point of view is "The Bet" written in?
First Person
Third Person Omniscient
Second Person
Third Person Limited
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.4.4
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