But, please, Stephen Stopanovitch, how can they be yours ? Do be a reasonable man.

Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

But, please, Stephen Stopanovitch, how can they be yours ? Do be a reasonable man. My aunt' grandmother gave the Meadows for the temporary and free use of your grandfather' peasants. The peasants used the land for forty years and got accustomed to it as if it was their own, when it happened that .............. .

(a) Who is the speaker of above lines?

(b) Why did his aunt'* grandmother give the meadows?

(c) Why did the peasants treat the land as their own?

(d) What light do these lines throw on the speaker'* character?

Answer 1

(a) Lomov

(b) in return for making bricks for her / for temporary and free use

(c) used it for forty years and got accustomed to it as their own

(d) logical / rational / polite / any other relevant adjective (any one)

Detailed Answer :

(a) The speaker of the above lines is Lomov.

(b) The aunt' grandfather gare the meadows to the peasant' of chukker'* grand father on the condition that they would propane bricks for her.

(c) The peasants use land for forty years so they got costumed to it. So they treated the land as their own.

(d) The speaker seems to be very quarrelsome in these lines. He has an issue over a piece of land with Chnbuk. Aport it, he seems to he greed who has come to Natalya'* house to big his hand.