‘The Proposal’ MCQ Mock Test Class 12, WBCHSE / উচ্চমাধ্যমিক দ্বাদশ শ্রেণি ‘The Proposal’ এম সি কিউ মক্ টেস্ট
Q ➤ 1. The Proposal is written by – (A) Irfan Habib (B) Anton Chekhov (C) J.M Synge (D) Shakespeare
Q ➤ 2. Anton Chekhov was a/an – (A) Russian writer (B) English writer (C) German writer (D) French writer
Q ➤ 3. The Proposal is a Russian – (A) One-act-play (B) short story (C) five-act-play (D) novel
Q ➤ 4. The format of the play ‘The Proposal’ is – (A) one-act play (B) comedy (C) tragedy (D) farce
Q ➤ 5. The exaggerated and caricatured presentation of the character entitles the play as – (A) melodrama (B) comedy (C) clowning (D) farce
Q ➤ 6. ‘The Proposal’ was first performed in – (A) 1900 (B) 1910 (C) 1890 (D) 1880
Q ➤ 7. How many characters does the play have ? – (A) Three (B) two (C) five (D) four
Q ➤ 8. ‘The Proposal’ is set in a – A) country-square (B) corporate house (C) farm-house (D) country-house
Q ➤ 9. Chubukov is a – (A) merchant (B) physician (C) land owner (D) lawyer [H.S. = 2016]
Q ➤ 10. Lomov is a – (A) merchant (B) pettifogger (C) land grabber (D) land owner
Q ➤ 11. Lomov went to his neighbour, Chubukov’s house – (A) to borrow money (B) to settle a dispute (C) to give a marriage proposal (D) to complain [H.S. – 2018 & 2022]
Q ➤ 12. Lomov comes to Chubukuv’s house – (A) to propose to his daughter (B) like a good neighbour (C) for a formal meeting (D) to borrow money from Chubukov. [H.S. – 2016]
Q ➤ 13. Natalya is in her – (A) teens (B) mid-thirties (C) mid-twenties (D) adolescence
Q ➤ 14. Lomov is in his – (A) mid-twenties (B) mid-thirties (C) mid-forties (D) mid-fifties
Q ➤ 15. The age of Lomov was _______ years. (A) 32 (B) 35 (C) 38 (D) 40
Q ➤ 16. What is a critical age according to Lomov ? – (A) 32 (B) 35 (C) 36 (D) 38
Q ➤ 17. When Lomov arrived, Chubukov was surprised by his – (A) evening dress (B) palpitation (C) shyness (D) impudence [H.S. – 2016]
Q ➤ 18. Lomov is dressed in formal clothes because – (A) it is New Year’s Eve (B) he loves Natalya and is going to propose to her (C) he has come to finalise a business deal with Chubukov (D) he has come to propose to Natalya
Q ➤ 19. Lomov suffers from – (A) tuberculosis (B) arthritis (C) obsessive-compulsive disorder (D) palpitations
Q ➤ 20. The character who was suffered from the worst kind of nervous disorder was – (A) Natalya Stepanovna (B) Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov (C) Stepan Stepanovitch Chubukov (D) Squeezer
Q ➤ 21. Chubukov doubts that Lomov has come to – (A) borrow seeds (B) borrow threshing machine (C) borrow money (D) buy a dog
Q ➤ 22. Chubukov wanted that Lomov should ‘spit it out’. Here ‘spit … out’ means – (A) to spit upon the floor (B) to spit against someone (C) to speak out clearly (D) to swallow Chubukov’s spit
Q ➤ 23. Chubukov addresses Lomov as – (A) a devil (B) a peasant (C) an angel (D) a darling [H.S. – 2017]
Q ➤ 24. Chubukov is ‘glad’ because – (A) Ivan has visited his country house (B) Ivan has asked Natalya’s hand in marriage (C) Ivan has repaid his debt (D) Ivan married Chubukov’s daughter
Q ➤ 25. Ivan was afraid that he would never get married if – (A) he was less aged (B) he was in business (C) he was not in love with Natalya (D) he hesitated, talked a lot, looked for an ideal or for real love
Q ➤ 26. Lomov describes his problem by saying ‘I jump up like a lunatic walk about a bit … and this may happen twenty times’. This description proves that Lomov has been suffering from – (A) fear of getting married (B) nervous disorder (C) mental problem (D) interpersonal problem
Q ➤ 27. Chubukov is – (A) ready to lend money to Lomov (B) not going to lend money to Lomov (C) not in a position to lend money to anybody D) going to borrow money from Lomov.
Q ➤ 28. According to Lomov, Natalya is – (A) an inexperienced housekeeper (B) an excellent housekeeper (C) not interested in housekeeping (D) interested to learn about the housekeeping
Q ➤ 29. Natalya is – (A) not educated (B) informally educated (C) well-educated (D) just literate
Q ➤ 30. Lomov thinks of leading ______________ life. (A) a quiet and religious (B) quite unconventional (C) a quiet and regular (D) an exciting
Q ➤ 31. The worst of Lomov’s physical problems is – (A) the way he sleeps (B) his palpitations (C) his headache (D)his limp [H.S. – 2019 & 2022]
Q ➤ 32. Lomov has two considerations regarding marriage – (A) that he is thirty-five and must lead a stable life (B) that he suffers from lunacy and sleeplessness (C) that he must consolidate property and make gains (D) that he must enjoy love and passion
Q ➤ 33. Chubukov is delighted with the proposal for the following reason – (A) Natalya can at last return her love for Lomov (B) Lomov loves Natalya (C) Chubukov had moved this proposal a long time ago (D) Chubukov would like to see his daughter married
Q ➤ 34. Chubukov told his daughter that a merchant had come for his goods. Here merchant refers to – (A) Ivan’s grandfather (B) Ivan’s aunt’s father (C) Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov (D) Chubukov’s son
Q ➤ 35. When Natalya met Lomov for the first time in the play, The Proposal, she was wearing – (A) surgeon’s headdress (B) chef’s apron (C) a negligee (D) apron and negligee
Q ➤ 36. Lomov refuses to have lunch with Natalya and Chubukov because – (A) he does not eat at other’s place (B) he was not invited (C) he has already had his lunch (D) he will have it somewhere else
Q ➤ 37. Natalya was shelling ……….. for drying – (A) beans (B) peas (C)barley (D) meadows [H.S. – 2017]
Q ➤ 38. When Lomov arrived, Natalya was – (A) instructing her mowers (B) shelling peas for drying (C) stacking hay (D) reading a book [H.S. – 2020]
Q ➤ 39. The day when Lomov meets Natalya, the weather is – (A) gloomy (B) cloudy (C) wet (D) splendid
Q ➤ 40. Natalya told Lomov that the previous day, the workers had not done anything as the weather was – (A) gloomy (C) cloudy (C) wet (D) splendid
Q ➤ 41. Natalya thinks that Lomov is going to – (A) a marriage ceremony (B) a ball (C) a fashion show (D) a dog-show
Q ➤ 42. According to Lomov, the Lomovs and the Chubukovs have always had – (A) the most friendly and affectionate relationship (B) a spiteful relationship (C) an indifferent and casual relationship (D) a critical relationship
Q ➤ 43. The first argument is over – (A) land (B) dogs (C) labour (D) threshing-machine [H.S. = 2020]
Q ➤ 44. The ‘Oxen Meadows’ as mentioned in the text refers to the land – (A) away from Meadows used for oxen (B) wedged between ‘Oxen’ and ‘Meadows’ (C) wedged between Lomov’s birch woods and Natalya’s Marsh (D) wedged between Natalya’s birch woods and the Burnt Marsh
Q ➤ 45. Lomov told Natalya that he had inherited the land from – (A) his aunt and her husband (B) his aunt’s husband (C) his aunt’s father-in-law (D) his aunt’s husband’s son-in-law
Q ➤ 46. According to Lomov his Aunt’s grandmother gave the free use of ‘Oxen Meadows’ to – (A) Chubukov (B) Chubukov’s grandmother (C) Chubukov’s daughter (D) Chubukov’s grandfather
Q ➤ 47. According to Lomov, Oxen Meadows were given for the use of Chubukov’s grandfather by Lomov’s – (A) aunt (B) grandmother (C) aunt’s grandmother (D) grandmother’s aunt
Q ➤ 48. For using Oxen Meadows, according to Lomov, the peasants had to – (A) make tiles (B) make bricks (C) stack hay (D) bake cakes
Q ➤ 49. Natalya says that they have had Oxen Meadows for – (A) nearly two hundred years (B) nearly three hundred years (C) three hundred and fifty years (D) four hundred years
Q ➤ 50. Oxen Meadows come to – (A) six dessiatins (B) five dessiatins (C) nine dessiatins (D) six acres
Q ➤ 51. Oxen meadows come to – (A) 7 acres (B) 14.5 acres (A) 15.5 acres (D) 13.5 acres
Q ➤ 52. According to Natalya, Oxen Meadows are worth perhaps – (A) 330 roubles (B) 300 roubles (C) 430 roubles (D) 400 roubles
Q ➤ 53. According to Natalya, they had lent Lomov their – (A) hunting dog (B) lands (C) peasants (D) threshing machine [H.S. – 2017]
Q ➤ 54. As Natalya lent her threshing machine to Lomov she had to put off her threshing till – (A) mid-September (B) mid-October (C) December (D) November
Q ➤ 55. Chubukov warns to take the matter of Oxen Meadows – (A) to court (B) to the count (C) to the villagers (D) to the minister
Q ➤ 56. The word ‘pettifogger’ has been used in ‘The Proposal’ to describe – (A) Lomov (B) Chubukov (C) Natalya (D) Mironov
Q ➤ 57. ‘Petty fogger’ here means – (A) a lawyer who deals in petty cases (B) a peasant who travels in fog (C) a fisherman who sells meat (D) a taxi-driver
Q ➤ 58. Lomov blamed Chubukov “you’re not a neighbour, you’re a grabber!” Here ‘grabber’ means – (A) one who is poor (B) one who occupies another’s property by force (C) one who lives in Grab street (D) one who is a great sportsman
Q ➤ 59. According to Lomov, Chubukov’s grandfather was tried for – (A) theft (B) encroachment (C) embezzlement (D) purchasing votes
Q ➤ 60. The word ’embezzlement’ means – (A) cheating one of his or her cash or landed property (B) a type of embroidery (C) a type of government (D) a type of college enjoyment
Q ➤ 61. Chubukov comments that Lomovs’ have had in their family – (A) Autocracy (B) lunacy (C) hypocrisy (D) democracy [H.S. – 2018]
Q ➤ 62. Chubukov accuses Lomov’s grandfather as – (A) a drunkard (B) a gambler (C) a backbiter (D) a thief
Q ➤ 63. Chubukov used the word ‘back-biters’ for ‘Lomovs’. Here ‘back-biters’ mean – (A) people who bite their backs (B) people who bite back part of a loaf (C) people who praise others behind their back (D) people who blame others behind their back
Q ➤ 64. Natalya called Lomov a ‘monster’ because – (A) Lomov was a monster (B) Lomov grabbed Natalya’s ‘Oxen Meadows’ and blamed Chubukov (C) Lomov was a married man (D) Lomov was still a bachelor
Q ➤ 65. Lomov’s aunt’s name is – (A) Natalya Stepanova (B) Natasha Vassilvitch (C) Nastasya Mihailovna (D) Natalya Mihailovna [H.S. – 2018 & 2022]
Q ➤ 66. Chubukov said that Lomov’s younger aunt had run away with – (A) a hunter (B) a drunkard (C) a count (D) an architect [H.S. – 2019 & 2022]
Q ➤ 67. Chubukov calls Lomov’s father – (A) a drunkard only (B) a thief (C) a backbiter (D) a guzzling gambler
Q ➤ 68. Natalya calls Lomov’s aunt – (A) a blind hen (B) a backbiter (C) a witch (D) an intriguer
Q ➤ 69. Lomov describes Chubukov’s mother as – (A) an intriguer (B) lame-footed (C) hump-backed (D)a backbiter
Q ➤ 70. The expression ‘give it to them in the neck’ means – (A) a lot is to be given (B) attack them in the neck (C) break their neck (D) to drive them out
Q ➤ 71. When Natalya comes to know that Lomov has come to propose to her, she asks her father to – (A) never allow him again (B) take him to court (C) get him by the neck (D) bring him back [H.S. – 2020]
Q ➤ 72. Natalya wanted that Lomov should come back because – (A) she wanted to accept Lomov’s marriage proposal (B) she wanted to abuse Lomov (C) she loved Lomov (D) she wanted to run away with Lomov
Q ➤ 73. When Lomov returns, Natalya – (A) does not say anything about Oxen Meadows (B) remains firm on her stand about Oxen Meadows (C) leaves her claim over Oxen Meadows (D) presents Oxen Meadows to Lomov
Q ➤ 74. The ‘misfortune’ that Lomov mentions to Natalya – (A) is about his palpitation (B) is about his foot going numb (C) is related to his dog (D) is related to his marriage
Q ➤ 75. Lomov hoped to go for shooting – (A) before the harvest (B) in November (C) in June (D) after the harvest [H.S. – 2020]
Q ➤ 76. What is the second argument over ? – (A) Labour problem (B) Oxen Meadows (C) Natalya’s love for another man (D) Squeezer and Guess
Q ➤ 77. The name of Natalya’s dog is – (A) Squeezer (B) Mirnov (C) Guess (D) Ivan [H.S.- 2016]
Q ➤ 78. Whose dog is blamed as ‘overshot’ ? – (A) Lomov’s dog (B) Natalya’s dog (C) Nastasya’s dog (D) Natalya’s bitch
Q ➤ 79. Lomov wanted to remind Natalya that her dog was – (A) ugly (B) old (C) overshot (D) lame [H.S. – 2019]
Q ➤ 80. The expression ‘short in the muzzle’ means – (A) blunt-faced (B) having a sharp nose (C) foolish (D) having a blunt nose
Q ➤ 81. Whose lower jaw is shorter according to Lomov ? – (A) Lomov’s (B) Squeezer’s (C) Guess’s (B) Chubukov’s
Q ➤ 82. Lomov bought Guess from – (A) the Count (B) Mironov (C) Volchanetsky (D)Ivan
Q ➤ 83. Lomov gave …………… to Minorov for his dog. – (A) 120 roubles (B) 125 roubles (C) 25 roubles (D) 85 roubles [H.S. – 2018]
Q ➤ 84. Chubukov bought Squeezer for – (A) 185 roubles (B) 65 roubles (C) 25 roubles (D) 85 roubles
Q ➤ 85. According to Lomov, Squeezer can be bought for a maximum amount of – (A) 35 roubles (B) 25 roubles (C) 30 roubles (D) 50 roubles
Q ➤ 86. The expression ‘ran neck – and – neck means – (A) ran with great speed (B) level with somebody in a race (C) ran very slowly (D) shook neck while running
Q ➤ 87. Who advised Lomov to catch black beetles ? – (A) Chubukov (B) Lomov’s aunt (C) Natalya (D) Lomov’s grandfather
Q ➤ 88. Natalya suggested that Lomov should not go after foxes but – (A) catch black beetles (B) go after horses (C) shoot partridges (D) go to the doctor [H.S. – 2019]
Q ➤ 89. Natalya asks Lomov to catch – (A) dogs (B) foxes (C) cockroaches (D) birds
Q ➤ 90. Chubukov ordered Lomov to shut up or he would shoot him like a – (A) Patridge (B) fox (C) dog (D) wolf [H.S. – 2017]
Q ➤ 91.. The expression ‘demon of contradiction’ means – (A) a mood of argument (B) attacking like a demon (C) the devil of fight (D) contradicting like a devil
Q ➤ 92. ‘I see stars … mist … and asked, “where am I”? who said this – (A) Lomov (B) Natalya (C) Chubukov (D) Nastasya
Q ➤ 93. Lomov, Chubukov and Natalya approach marriage – (A) with a sense of practicality (B) with a sense of romanticism (C) with a sense of idealism (D) with a sense of cynicism
Q ➤ 94. Lomov wanted to talk to Natalya – (A) in order to settle a land dispute over Oxen Meadows (B) in order to discuss inheritance (C) in order to seek her consent for marriage (D) in order to discuss the mowers
Q ➤ 95. In the heated argument over ownership all three characters behave – (A) with grace and decorum (B) without maturity (C)with reason and civility (D) without malice and spite
Q ➤ 96. Natalya learns about the proposal – (A) at the beginning of the argument soon after Lomov meets her (B) in the course of the argument when Chubukov tells her (C) when Lomov storms out of the house (D) when Chubukov exclaims in anger, Lomov dared to make a proposal
Q ➤ 97. When Lomov comes back after walking out of the house – (A) Natalya and Lomov straightway talk about the proposal (B) Natalya tries to make up (C) Lomov continues to be stubborn (D) Natalya and Lomov recognize that this marriage will not work.
Q ➤ 98. Chubukov asks the couple to get married because – (A) he knows Lomov will not be able to propose (B) he knows Natalya will not be gracious anymore (C) he fears Natalya and Lomov will get into an argument before long (D) he has arranged the proposal
Q ➤ 99. Lomov does not directly ask Natalya to marry him because – (A) he has palpitations (B) he is not sure about her reaction (C) he is trying to be calm (D) he knows Chubukov has already told Natalya
Q ➤ 100. The arguments are funny because – (A) Lomov and Natalya quickly lose sight of the marriage proposal (B) the story of Oxen Meadows is absurd (C) the hunting dogs are ridiculous (D) they seem funny while they argue
Q ➤ 101. The proposal is acceptable to all parties because – (A) Chubukov really likes Lomov (B) Lomov loves Natalya (C) Natalya loves Lomov (D) It’s a good working arrangement
Q ➤ 102. Chubukov declares that Lomov is dead – (A) as he does not breathe (B) as he does not speak (C) as he does not move (D) as he does not drink
Q ➤ 103. Natalya wants to bring Lomov back because – (A) she wants to take revenge (B) she has made out her faults (C) she wants to present Oxen Meadows to Lomov (D) She wants Lomov as her suitor
Q ➤ 104. Who puts Lomov’s hand into Natalya’s hand ? – (A) Natalya herself (B) Chubukov (C) Lomov himself (D) God of marriage
Q ➤ 105. How is the engagement of Lomov and Natalya made complete? – (A) by mutual argument (B) by making friendship (C) by kissing each other (D) by arguments
Q ➤ 106. Why does Chubukov call for champagne at the end ? (A) to celebrate the occasion even if they are arguing (B) because he normally drinks at this time of the day (C) it is customary to offer champagne to guests (D) he has the best champagne