The Bet by Anton Chekhov

How does the author develop the central idea throughout the story?

• The author uses flashbacks to show how the banker and the lawyer met.

• The author uses dialogue to show the banker's greed and the lawyer's intelligence.

• The author uses descriptions of the house to show the lawyer's isolation.

• The author uses the lawyer's experiences in the house to show his personal growth.

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Which word from the story helps to create a feeling of excitement?

• bet

• prison

• cruel

• languages

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How does the author's choice of the word "refused" influence the reader's perception of the lawyer?

• It suggests that the lawyer is stubborn and unwilling to compromise.

• It highlights the lawyer's determination and commitment to his principles.

• It emphasizes the lawyer's fear of the banker's power.

• It reveals the lawyer's desire to prove the banker wrong.

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When Sasha Uskov sat at the door and listened he felt:

• Terror and shame.

• nervous and weariness.

• weariness and inward emptiness.

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In "The Bet", a lawyer bets he can stay in ____ for fifteen years.

• solitary confinement

• the city

• a basement

• an apple tree

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Russian writer of an engrossing fiction, "The Bet":

• Leo Tolstoy

• Vladimir Putin

• Anton Chekov

• Ivan Drago

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How does the author develop the central idea throughout the story?

• The author uses flashbacks to show how the banker and the lawyer met.

• The author uses dialogue to show the banker's greed and the lawyer's intelligence.

• The author uses descriptions of the house to show the lawyer's isolation.

• The author uses the lawyer's experiences in the house to show his personal growth.

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Which word from the story helps to create a feeling of excitement?

• bet

• prison

• cruel

• languages

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How does the author's choice of the word "refused" influence the reader's perception of the lawyer?

• It suggests that the lawyer is stubborn and unwilling to compromise.

• It highlights the lawyer's determination and commitment to his principles.

• It emphasizes the lawyer's fear of the banker's power.

• It reveals the lawyer's desire to prove the banker wrong.

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When Sasha Uskov sat at the door and listened he felt:

• Terror and shame.

• nervous and weariness.

• weariness and inward emptiness.

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