CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -It was because of Sergei that Lushkoff could earn thirty-five roubles a month. He offered him the job of chopping wood at his home. Later on, he sent him to one of his friends to do the job of copying. Lushkoff was highly obliged to Sergei because now he was a notary because of him.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lushkoff was a notary then and was earning thirty-five roubles a month. He thanked Sergei for his present position. He revealed that Olga had saved him.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the excuse that the beggar gives Sergei for begging when he meets him for the second time? Answer: He says he had been a village schoolmaster for eight years but had lost his job due to intrigues at his place of work. He had not eaten for three days and had no money for lodging.

Detailed explanation-4: -What lies did Lushkoff tell people to beg? Ans. In order to beg alms and earn sympathy, Lushkoff told different lies to people. He would claim to be a student who had been expelled or a village schoolteacher who had lost his job because of the intrigues and lies of others.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ans. Lushkoff has become a beggar not by choice but by circumstance. He was a singer in a Russian choir but was sent away for his drunkenness. Alcoholism had made him weak and he could not toil, so he took to begging for survival.