CLASS 9
THE BEGGAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a village school teacher
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a student
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a Russian choir singer
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ans. Lushkoff was a middle aged poor man. He belonged to the Russian choir but was sacked from his job due to his drinking habits. To get some money he pretended to be a school teacher who had lost his job due to Page 2 conspiracy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Lushkoff was a middle-aged man and belonged to the Russian choir. He was not a bom beggar. He was sacked from the choir because of his drinking habits.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Lushkoff says that he was sent away from the Russian choir because of him being an alcoholic. He tells lies because if he would tell this truth, no one would ever help him or give him money.
Detailed explanation-4: -Lushkoff: Lushkoff is a beggar who is also a drunkard. He was thrown out of a choir because of his drunken behaviour.
Detailed explanation-5: -Ans. Lushkoff tells Sergei that he was telling lies because no one would help him if he told the truth about his drunkenness. Instead, lies helped him get both sympathy and money that he required desperately to keep himself alive.