CLASS 10
THE PROPOSAL PLAY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The land
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The proposal
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The dogs
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer. Answer: The Proposal is a one-act play that begins with a young man, Lomov presenting a marriage proposal to his neighbour’s daughter. Before he could actually convey it to the girl, they enter into an argument about Oxen Meadows.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lomov came to seek the hand of Chubukov’s daughter, Natalya in marriage. However, all three were quarrelsome people and they began to quarrel over petty issues such as their land and their dogs. Amidst this quarrelling they completely forget the real issue about the marriage proposal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Squeezer is Natalya’s dog in Chekhov’s The Proposal. Natalya and Lumov get into an argument about the superiority of their dogs with Natalya stating that Squeezer is far more superior. Natalya insists that squeezer is of the finest pedigree.
Detailed explanation-4: -The second issue of dispute between Natalya and Lomov in ‘The Proposal ‘ is over their dogs. According to Lomov, his dog Guess is superior to Natalya’s dog Squeezer. But, Natalya claims that Squeezer is definitely the better of the two.