The Bet by Anton Chekhov

What is the main topic discussed at the dinner party?

• Wealth and debt

• The value of knowledge and experience

• Is life in prison more harsh than capital punishment.

• Treat others as you want to be treated

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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What is one way the banker change from the beginning of the story to the end?

• He is very wealthy and confident in the beginning, then he has lost his fortune and pride by the end.

• His time in isolation has made him lose his mind.

• He has gotten much older by the end.

• He is happy and rich at the beginning and becomes angry and resentful at the end.

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What is one way the lawyer has changed from the beginning of the story to the end?

• He has lost his wealth.

• He is much older by the end of the story.

• He is wealthier after winning the bet.

• He no longer values money, or winning the bet.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

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One possible theme of Chekhov's short story could be...

• Being right takes a lot of energy.

• Bad decisions are bad decisions.

• Knowledge and Experience are more valuable than money.

• Greed can lead to negative consequences.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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Why did the lawyer renounce the money and leave a few hours shy of winning the bet and receiving the two million dollars?

• He read and studied so much that he discovered that the bet was meaningless and the money has no true value.

• He was looking for the banker to call off the bet.

• He fell asleep and lost track of the days. When he woke up, he left.

• He lost track of the days and actually thought he had won.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

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What does obsolete mean based off the passage:

The guests, among them not a few scholars and journalists, for the most part disapproved of capital punishment. They found it obsolete as a means of punishment, unfitted to a Christian State and immoral. Some of them thought that capital punishment should be replaced universally by life-imprisonment.

• acceptable

• morally correct

• no longer produced or used; out of date.

• justifiable

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CCSS.RI.7.4

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Which point of view is "The Bet" written in?

• First Person

• Third Person Omniscient

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

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What does immoral mean based off the passage:

"Capital punishment and life-imprisonment are equally immoral; but if I were offered the choice between them, I would certainly choose the second. It's better to live somehow than not to live at all."

• ethical

• equal

• acceptable

• unfair

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

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What is the outcome of “The Bet”?

• The Lawyer takes the money and lives a happy life

• The Banker kills the Lawyer

• The Lawyer has a heart attack and dies in confinement

• The Lawyer leaves before his time is up and rejects the money

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CCSS.RL.2.10

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How many languages does the lawyer learn?

• 4

• 3

• 8

• 6

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