CLASS 9
THE BEGGAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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an advocate
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a bus conductor
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a doctor
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a notary
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Expert-Verified Answer Lushkoff is weak and unwilling to do the laborious job of chopping wood. But the job is somehow done. He gives up begging. Years later when Sergei comes across Lushkoff, he is no longer a beggar but a respectable notary.
Detailed explanation-3: -By listening to Sergei, he had changed his ways. He was a notary and earned thirty five roubles a month.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lushkoff has become a beggar by choice. Formerly he had sung in a Russian choir but due to drunkenness he was sent away. After that he resorted to begging as it was the easiest way for him to earn money and fool those who would be sympathetic towards his sad stories.