CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

THE PROPOSAL PLAY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which dog was allegedly overshot?
A
Guess
B
Squeezer
C
Timber
D
Jake
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Even though Guess was older, Lomov claimed that his dog was still far superior, so much so that he couldn’t negotiate for even five Squeezers. Squeezer is just an ordinary dog, in his opinion, and it could nearly always be found hiding under a shrub, and his value is no more than 25roubles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Lomov described Natalya’s dog, squeezer, being a overshot which means he was a bad hunter.

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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Natalya said that Squeezer was superior to Guess-Lomov’s dog. Lomov said that his dog Guess was better than Squeezer. Natalya believed that Guess had become old and ought to be shot. She also claimed that Squeezer was a hundred times better dog than the Guess.

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