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Class 11 English Elective (PROSE)
1. THE LAMENT - Anton Chekhov
MAIN POINTS
☞ The Lament is a short story written by Anton Chekhov.
☞ Iona Potapov is an old man. He is a cabdriver.
☞ He is so white that he looks like a ghost. He is doubly bent.
☞ His little horse is white. They both remain motionless.
☞ lona and his little horse are waiting for passengers but none
turned up.
☞ Later on, he gets a call from an officer who had to go to the
Viborg way.
☞ He lost his young son, Barin, last week. Barin died of a high
fever in the hospital.
☞ He was sharing his grief to the officer but was interrupted in
between for his driving.
☞ Next three quarrelling men board the cab who wish to pay only two
griveniks.
☞ Three of them could not adjust, so short and humpbacked was
standing.
☞ lona thought of sharing his grief with the three men but they
show no interest.
☞ He could not hold his thoughts anymore so he went to the stable.
☞ In the stable he finds a young cabman. lona wants to tell how his
son died.
☞ But the young man shows no interest and is fast asleep.
☞ At last, when lona finds no one with whom he could share his
feelings, he pours out all his feelings to his white horse.
☞ lona's horse very patiently listens to the whole story of his
master.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following
is written by Anton Chekhov?
a. Glory at Twilight
b. The Luncheon
c. The Lament
d. The Rocking-horse Winner
2. The main theme of the
short story, The Lament is-
a. Life pathos
b. Nature
c. War
d. Celebration
3. Who is the manche in the
story?
a. Barin
b. Anissia
c. lona Potapov
d. None of these
4. lona Potapov is a-
a. Cabdriver
b. Teacher
c. Doctor
d. Postman
5. What was the colour of
the horse?
a. Brown
b. Black
c. Grey
d. White
6. Who calls the Cab for
Viborg Way?
a. lona
b. Passerby
c. The officer
d. Barin
7. Where was the Officer
going?
a. Hospital
b. Viborg Way
c. Shop
d. lona's house
8. Who died that week?
a. lona's wife
b. lona's father
c. lona's son
d. lona's mother
9. What is the name of
lona's son?
a. Anton
b. Gorinytch
c. Charlie
d. Barin
10. What did Barin die of?
a. High fever
b. Accident
c. Drowning
d. Starving
11. Where did Barin die?
a. In the cab
b. In the village
c. In the hospital
d. None of these
12. How many days was Barin
in the hospital?
a. Two days
b. Three days
c. Four days
d. Five days
13. What fare did the three
men wish to give lona?
a. Six rouble
b. Three kopeks
c. Two griveniks
d. Four griveniks
14. What did lona want to
share?
a. Grief
b. Joy
c. Hatred
d. Fear
15. The three passengers
asked lona to leave them to-
a. Sea bridge
b. Police bridge
c. River bridge
d. None of these
16. Where did lona go after
the three passengers got out of the cab?
a. He went to his house
b. He went to his village
c. He went to the stable
d. He went to look for passengers
17. Whom did lona find
there?
a. The officer
b. His wife
c. His son
d. Young cabman
18. What did lona want to
tell the young cabman?
a. Death of his son
b. Death of his wife
c. Death of his friend
d. Death of his daughter
19. What is lona's
daughter's name?
a. Anissia
b. Arundhati
c. Jhumpa
d. Annie
20. Where is Anissia?
a. She is in the hospital
b. She is in the village
c. She is in the school
d. She is in Viborg Way
21. With whom did lona
share his feelings?
a. His daughter
b. His wife
c. His companion
d. The horse
22. Who serves as a true
friend and companion to lona?
a. His father
b. Young cabdriver
c. The horse
d. None of these
23. The author of the story
'The Lament' is?
a. D.H. Lawrence
b. Jhumpa Lahiri
c. Anton Chekhov
d. Mulk Raj Anand
24. lona, sitting on his
box looks like a-
a. Thief
b. Phantom
c. Police
d. None of these
25. Who said, "We must
all die"?
a. Short and humpbacked man
b. Tall and lanky man
c. lona
d. The officer
VERY SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Who has written the
story, The Lament?
Ans. Anton Chekhov has written the story,
The Lament.
2. Who is lona Potapov?
Ans ona Potapov is an old man who drives
a cab.
3. Who looks like a
phantom?
Ans The cabdriver lona looks like a
phantom.
4. Where did the officer
wish to go?
Ans The officer wished to go to the
Viborg way.
5. What is the name of
lona's dead son?
Ans Barin
6. What did Barin die of?
Ans Barin died of high fever.
7. Where were the three
quarrelling young men going?
Ans They were going to the Police Bridge.
8. How much did the three
young men pay to the cabdriver?
Ans They paid two griveniks.
9. Who was Anissia?
Ans Anissia was lona's (cab driver)
daughter.
10. Where did Anissia live?
Ans Anissia lived in the village.
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. How does lona Potapov
look?
Ans lona Potapov is a cabdriver. He is so
white that he looks like a phantom (ghost) and is doubly bent. He keeps sitting
on the box of his cab waiting for the passengers.
2. Why did lona and his
little horse not move?
Ans lona and his little horse did not
move from their place for a long time because since evening they had been
waiting for passengers but not even one passenger did turn down.
3. What did lona want to
share with the officer?
Ans lona was in grief. His son died that
week. He wanted to share his grief of losing his young son with the officer.
4. What happened to lona's
son?
Ans lona's son, Barin, was dead. He died
of high fever.
5. How did the young driver
react to lona's announcement about the death of his son?
Ans The young cabdriver had no reaction
to lona's words. He hid his face and was fast asleep.
LONG QUESTIONS
1. Comment on the
indifference that meets lona's attempts to share his grief with his fellow
human beings.
Ans lona is an old man who rides a cab.
He lost his son who died a week ago. He is suffering a lot and wants to share
his feelings. He wants to mourn the death of his son. He looks for passengers
and at the same time share his grief. But the people he comes across whether
the passengers or the other cabman are least interested in his suffering. They
were either in a hurry or busy in their own business. No one is concerned so he
is forced to tell the story to his only companion, his horse to lighten himself.
2. What impression of the
character of lona, do you get from this story?
Ans The story begins with the main
character, lona. He is old, bent and is so white that he looks like a ghost. He
is poor, helpless and struggling to drag his life. He has lost his son due to
which he suffers and longs to share his grief. He is kind, patient, and
tolerant. He is in grief and finds no one with whom he could share his emotions
even then he is patient. The three quarreling passengers abuse him and he
remains calm. He is more worried about the fodder of his horse that shows he is
kind even to the animals.
3. How does the horse serve
as a true friend and companion to lona?
Ans lona drives a sleigh to earn his living and his white horse who is always helping him to drag the cab. He has no one with whom he could share the grief of the death of his son. His son died a week ago but has not been able to speak about it to anyone. He wanted to tell how he fell ill, suffered from high fever, how he died and about his funeral but no one has time to listen to his story. He meets a few passengers, a young cab driver but they are least interested in his story. At last he is left alone then he finds his horse as the only companion who listens to his dead son's story very patiently and breathes over his master's hand.
English Elective (CONTENTS)
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