CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Lushkoff became a beggar by circumstance. He used to sing in a Russian choir, but he was sacked due to his drinking habit. This led him to beg.

Detailed explanation-3: -Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice? 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-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: -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.