The ideological pathos of the comedy The Cherry Orchard is. The meaning of the play “The Cherry Orchard”
The place of the image of Lopakhin in A.P. Chekhov’s comedy “The Cherry Orchard” 1. The arrangement of social forces in the play. 2. Lopakhin as “master of life.” 3. Characteristics of Lopakhin.
One of the most famous plays by A.P. Chekhov is the comedy “The Cherry Orchard.” Its plot is based on absolutely everyday material - the sale of an old noble estate, the property of which is a cherry orchard. But it is not the cherry orchard itself that interests Chekhov; the orchard is only a symbol that signifies all of Russia. Therefore, it is the fate of the Motherland, its past, present and future, that become the main thing for Chekhov. The past in the play is symbolized by Ranevskaya and Gaev, the present by Lopakhin, and the future by Anya and Petya Trofimov. At first glance, the play gives a clear arrangement of social forces in Russian society and outlines the prospect of a struggle between them; the Russian nobility is becoming a thing of the past, and is being replaced by the bourgeoisie.
These motives are also visible in the characters of the main characters. Gaev and Ranevskaya are careless and helpless, and Lopakhin is businesslike and enterprising, but mentally limited. But although the conflict is based on the confrontation of social forces, it is muted in the play. The Russian bourgeois Lopakhin is devoid of predatory grip and aggressiveness towards the nobles Ranevskaya and Gaev, and the nobles do not resist him at all. It turns out as if the estate with the cherry orchard itself floats into Lopakhin’s hands, and he seems to reluctantly buy it.
The ideological pathos of the play lies in the denial of the noble-landowner system as outdated. But at the same time, Chekhov argues that the new bourgeois class, despite its activity and strength, brings destruction with it.
Capitalists like Lopakhin really are replacing the nobility and becoming masters of life. But their dominance is short-lived because they are destroyers of beauty. After them, new, young forces will come, which will turn Russia into a blooming garden. Chekhov attached special significance to the image of Lopakhin. He wrote: “Lopakhin’s role is central. If it fails, then the entire play has failed.” Lopakhin, as the “master of life,” replaces Ranevskaya and Gaev. If the former masters of life are worthless and helpless, then Lopakhin is energetic, businesslike, and smart. Oh belongs to the type of people who work from morning to evening. In terms of social origin, Lopakhin is much lower than the nobles. His father was a peasant and worked for the ancestors of Ranevskaya and Gaev. He knows how hard it was for his family, so he does everything to take a higher position in society, to earn more money, because it was with their help that much could be achieved.
Lopakhin understands this, so he works tirelessly. He has that business acumen that distinguishes new people from the outgoing landowners who are accustomed to living at the expense of the peasants. Everything that Lopakhin achieved, he achieved only thanks to his intelligence, efficiency and ambition, which the former masters of life were deprived of. Lopakhin gives Ranevskaya sensible and practical advice, following which Lyubov Andreevna could save her estate and cherry orchard. At the same time, Lopakhin acts completely disinterestedly. He, of course, is a businessman, and it is in his benefit to buy the cherry orchard, but, nevertheless, he respects Ranevskaya and her family, so he tries to help as much as he can.
Chekhov writes that Lopakhin has a “thin, gentle soul”, thin fingers, like an artist. But at the same time, he is a real businessman, thinking about his profit and money.
This is the contradiction in Lopakhin’s image, which intensifies in the scene when he announces his purchase of a cherry orchard. He is proud that he was able to buy an estate where his ancestors did not dare to go beyond the threshold. His behavior combines resentment for centuries of serfdom, the joy of victory over the former masters of life, and faith in his future. He cuts down a beautiful cherry orchard in order to build dachas in its place. But there is a clear discrepancy here. Lopakhin is going to build the future by destroying beauty. But he builds dachas - temporary structures, so it becomes clear that Lopakhin himself is a temporary worker. A new generation will come to meet him, which will create a wonderful future for Russia. But for now he is the owner and owner. No wonder Petya Trofimov calls him a “beast of prey,” who imagines that he can buy and sell everything. And this “predatory beast” cannot yet be stopped. His joy overcomes all other feelings. But Lopakhin’s triumph is short-lived, it is quickly replaced by a feeling of despondency and sadness. Soon he turns to Ranevskaya with words of reproach and reproach: “Why, why didn’t you listen to me? My poor, good one, you won’t get it back now.” And as if in unison with all the characters in the play, Lopakhin says: “Oh, if only all this would pass, if only our awkward, unhappy life would somehow change.”
Like other heroes, Lopakhin feels dissatisfied with life, he understands that it is going somehow wrong, in the wrong direction. It brings neither joy nor a feeling of happiness. Lopakhin is aware of this and therefore worries. He seems to feel that the power of people like him is short-lived, that they will soon be replaced by new people, and they will become the real masters of life.
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"Lyceum No. 1" r.p. Chamzinka, Chamzinsky district, Republic of Mordovia
Tests based on A.P. Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard”
prepared by teacher of Russian language and literature Svetlana Petrovna Pechkazova
Chamzinka
Explanatory note
The test based on A.P. Chekhov's play “The Cherry Orchard” contains questions about the life and work of the writer.
Each question has four possible answers.
The presented resource can be used in the final literature lesson on the writer’s work in 10th grade.
Evaluation criteria:
“5” (excellent) – the work was completed flawlessly,
“4” (good) – no more than 2 errors were made in the work,
“3” (satisfactory) – more than 2 errors were made in the work,
“2” (unsatisfactory) – more than 5 errors were made in the work,
Test. A.P. Chekhov “The Cherry Orchard”. 10th grade (Option 1)
a) tragicomedy; b) drama; c) tragedy; d) lyrical comedy; d) social comedy.
2. What is special about the dialogue in the play “The Cherry Orchard”?
a) constructed as a dialogue-monologue; b) classic dialogue - the replica is a response to the previous one; c) disordered conversation - the characters do not hear their friend.
3. Name the main conflict in the play “The Cherry Orchard”:
a) conflict between generations (Ranevskaya - Anya, Petya - Trofimov); 6) there is no external intrigue or struggle; c) the struggle over the sale of the estate; d) a clash between different social groups (landowner Ranevskaya - merchant Lopakhin);
e) intra-family conflict (Ranevskaya - Varya, Lopakhin).
4. Indicate the off-stage characters in the play “The Cherry Orchard”:
a) Yaroslavl aunt; b) Simeonov-Pishchik; c) Charlotte Ivanovna; d) Dasha, daughter of Simeonov-Pishchik; e) Ranevskaya's lover; f) “twenty-two misfortunes.”
5. Whose words are these: “Oh, my dear, my tender, beautiful garden!.. My life, my youth, my happiness, goodbye!.. Farewell!..”?
A) Ani; b) Ranevskaya; c) Vari; d) Charlotte Ivanovna.
6. Who owns the words: “Lord, you gave us huge forests, vast fields, the deepest horizons, and living here, we ourselves should truly be giants...”?
A) Lopakhin; b) Gaev; c) Trofimov; d) lackey Yasha; d) Firs.
7. Name the main love line of the play:
a) Anya - Trofimov; b) Lopakhin - Ranevskaya; c) Lopakhin - Varya; d) Yasha - Dunyasha;
d) Epikhodov - Dunyasha.
8. The play “The Cherry Orchard” is full of symbols: a cherry orchard, a city visible in the distance, a passerby... Complete this series:
a) a brooch in the shape of a bee; b) the sound of a broken string, c) candy canes; d) billiards; d) the sound of an axe.
9. The first production of the play “The Cherry Orchard” was carried out by the Art Theater in:
a) 1901; b) 1910; c) 1900; d) 1904; d) 1899.
10. What did the Art Theater call the development of action characteristic of Chekhov’s plays?
a) “stormy stream”; b) “undercurrent”; c) “invisible life”; d) “storm and stress”.
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Test. A.P. Chekhov “The Cherry Orchard”. 10th grade (Option 2)
1. When The Cherry Orchard ends:
a) in spring; b) in summer; c) in autumn; d) in winter.
2. Who are we talking about: “I am a developed person, I read various wonderful books, but I just can’t understand the direction of what I actually want, whether I should live or shoot myself, strictly speaking”: a) Epikhodov; b) Petya Trofimov; c) Lopakhin; d) Gaev.
3. Who bought the cherry orchard: a) Gaev; b) Lopakhin; c) Petya Trofimov; d) Simeonov-Pishchik.
4. Where did Ranevskaya come from: a) from Paris; b) from London; c) from Rome; d) from Berlin.
5. How many actions are there in “The Cherry Orchard”: a) 2; b) 3; at 4; d) 5.
6. Who owns the remark: “The men are with the gentlemen, the gentlemen are with the men, and now everything is in pieces, you won’t understand anything”: a) Firs; b) Lopakhin; c) Gaev; d) Simeonov-Pishchik.
7. What does Firs call “misfortune”: a) the sale of the cherry orchard; b) Ranevskaya’s departure;
c) the death of Ranevskaya’s son; d) liberation of peasants from serfdom.
8. What Gaev is addressing: “I greet your existence, which for more than a hundred years has been directed towards the bright ideals of goodness and justice; your silent call to fruitful work has not weakened for a hundred years, maintaining vigor in generations of our family, faith in a better future and nurturing in us the ideals of goodness and social self-awareness”: a) to the garden; b) to the table; c) to the closet; d) to a billiard cue.
9. Who owns the line: “Children’s room, my dear, beautiful room... I slept here when I was little... And now I feel like a little girl”:
a) Ranevskaya; b) Vare; c) Anya; d) Charlotte Ivanovna
10. What did Petya Trofimov lose at the end of the play: a) felt boots; b) shoes; c) galoshes; d) boots.
11. Firs' patronymic: a) Stepanovich; b) Nikolaevich; c) Andreevich; d) Ivanovich.
12. What Firs calls other characters in the play:
a) slobs; b) klutzes; c) incompetent; d) wicked.
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Test. A.P. Chekhov “The Cherry Orchard”. 10th grade (Option 3)
1. The first production of “The Cherry Orchard” was carried out by the Moscow Art Theater in: 1) 1900, 2) 1901, 3) 1904, 4) 1906.
2. Indicate the main conflict in the play “The Cherry Orchard”: 1) conflict between generations (Ranevskaya - Anya, Petya Trofimov), 2) no external intrigue, struggle, 3) struggle over the sale of the estate, 4) clash between different social groups (landowner Ranevskaya - merchant Lopakhin)
3. Epikhodov in the play is a “symbol” of: 1) general ill-being, 2) general loneliness, 3) psychological deafness, 4) exceptional fate
1) for Gaev, 2) for Trofimov, 3) for Lopakhin, 4) for Firs
5. What is Ranevskaya’s maiden name:
1) Epikhodova, 2) Trofimova, 3) Lopakhina, 4) Gaeva
6. Indicate the name of the hero of the play “The Cherry Orchard”, who asks Ranevskaya to take him with her to Paris, since Russia for him is “an uneducated country”, “an immoral people, and boredom at that...”: 1) Yasha, 2) Firs, 3) Petya, 4) Ermolai
7. Which of the characters peppers their speech with “billiard” vocabulary: 1) Lopakhin, 2) Gaev, 3) Trofimov, 4 ) Epikhodov
8. Indicate the name of the heroine who dreams of such a fate: “If I had money, even a little, even a hundred rubles, I would give up everything, go far away. She went to the monastery":
1) Lyubov Andreevna, 2) Anya, 3) Varya, 4) Charlotte
9. Who does Petya Trofimov call a “beast of prey”: 1) Epikhodov, 2) Gaev, 3) Trofimov, 4) Lopakhin
10. Who owns the line: “All of Russia is our garden...”:
1) Lopakhin, 2) Trofimov, 3) Gaev, 4) Epikhodov
11. What is the peculiarity of the dialogues in the play “The Cherry Orchard”: 1) they are constructed as dialogues - monologues, 2) they are constructed as classical dialogues - the remark is a response to the previous one, 3) they are constructed as a disordered conversation (the characters do not hear each other) , 4) one monologue is replaced by another
12. What political movement did A.P. Chekhov share?
1) socialism, 2) liberalism, 3) “soilism”, 4) outside politics
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A) tragicomedy b) drama c) lyrical comedy d) social comedy
2.What are the features of the dialogue in the play “The Cherry Orchard”?
A) constructed as a dialogue-monologue b) classic dialogue - the remark is a response to the previous one c) disordered conversation - the characters do not hear each other
3.Name the main conflict in the play “The Cherry Orchard”
A) conflict between generations (Ranevskaya-Anya, Petya Trofimov)
B) there is no external intrigue or struggle; c) the struggle over the sale of the estate
D) clashes between different social groups (landowner Ranevskaya - merchant Gaev)
D) intra-family conflict (Ranevskaya - Varya, Lopakhin)
4. Identify the off-stage characters in the play.
A) Yaroslavl aunt b) Simeonov - Pishchik c) Dasha, daughter of Simeonov - Pishchik
D) Ranevskaya’s lover e) “twenty-two misfortunes”
5.What did the Art Theater call the development of action characteristic of Chekhov’s plays?
A) “stormy stream” b) “undercurrent” C) “invisible life” d) “storm and stress”
6. The play “The Cherry Orchard” is filled with symbols: a cherry orchard, a city visible in the distance, a passerby... Complete this series:
A) a brooch in the shape of a bee b) the sound of a breaking string c) lollipops d) billiards e) the sound of an ax
7.The first production of the play “The Cherry Orchard” was carried out by the Art Theater in:
A) 1901 B) 1910 C) 1900 D) 1904 E) 1899
8.The theme of the play “The Cherry Orchard” is
A) the fate of Russia, its future b) the fate of Ranevskaya and Gaev C) the invasion of the life of the local nobility by the capitalist Lopakhin
9. The ideological pathos of the play is
A) a reflection of the outdated noble-manorial system
B) the role of the bourgeoisie, which replaced and brought destruction and the power of money
C) waiting for the real “masters of life” who will turn Russia into a blooming garden
10. Find the speech characteristics that correspond to the characters
A) sensitive sincerity, mannerisms, speech characteristics
B) vernacular with liberal rantings, billiard vocabulary
C) scientific speech, rich in political terms
Trofimov 2. Gaev 3. Ranevskaya 11. The speech of the characters in the play reflects the characters’ characters. Who owns the following words“Humanity moves forward, improving its strength. Everything that is out of reach for it now will someday become close and understandable, but we must work, help with all our might those who are seeking the truth..”
a) Lopakhin b) Pyotr Trofimov C) Gaev D) Simeonov-Pishchik
12.The final scene is a kind of summing up of life. “Life passed as if I had never lived.” To which of the other characters in the play can this statement by Firs also be attributed (several answers are possible)
a) Gaev b) Ranevskaya c) Lopakhin d) Trofimov d) Simeonov-Pishchik
Test. A.P. Chekhov. "The Cherry Orchard".
1. A play is:
A) one of the literary genres, which involves the creation of the artistic world of a literary work in the form of a stage embodiment;
B) any dramatic work without specifying a genre, intended for production on stage;
C) a dramatic genre, which is built on a tragic conflict between heroes and circumstances.
2. Which theater did A.P. Chekhov closely collaborate with?
A) Maly Theater
B) "Contemporary"
B) Art theater
D) Stanislavsky Theater
3. The theme of A. P. Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” is:
A) the fate of Russia, its future
B) the fate of Ranevskaya and Gaev
C) the invasion of the life of the local nobility by the capitalist Lopakhin
4. The ideological pathos of comedy is:
A) a reflection of the outdated noble-manorial system
B) the role of the bourgeoisie, which replaced and brought destruction and the power of money
C) waiting for the real “masters of life” who will turn Russia into a blooming garden
5. Symbol – one of the tropes, a hidden comparison. Determine the meaning of the symbols used in the play by the author:
1) cherry orchard
2) blows of an ax, sounds of a broken string
3) clothes of the old footman: livery, white vest, white gloves, tailcoat, boarded up house -
A) a symbol of the past
B) a symbol of the beauty of Russia and life
C) a symbol of the end of the old life
6. The age of Pyotr Sergeevich Trofimov can be judged by the remarks of the characters in the play. Which of the heroes is closer to the truth:
A) Lopakhin: “He will soon be fifty, but he is still a student”
B) Ranevskaya: “You are twenty-six or twenty-seven, and you are still a second-grade high school student
7. Find the discrepancy:
A) Ranevskaya Lyubov Andreevna, landowner
B) Varya, her adopted daughter, 24 years old
B) the action takes place in Gaev’s estate
8. Who addressed the cabinet with a solemn speech?
A) Yasha
B) Gaev
B) Lopakhin
9. Who ate half a bucket of cucumbers at once?
A) landowner Simeonov-Pishchik
B) Firs
B) Petya Trofimov
10. Who had the nickname “twenty-two misfortunes”?
A) Firs
B) Epikhodov
B) Gaev
11. Who treated his peasant mother with contempt because he visited Paris and considered himself educated?
A) Lopakhin
B) Simeonov-Pishchik
B) Yasha
12. Who was good at performing tricks?
A) Anya
B) Charlotte Ivanovna
B) Varya
13. I gave the gold to a random passer-by, when there was nothing to eat at home.
A) Ranevskaya
B) Charlotte Ivanovna
B) Varya
14. Who called the emancipation of the peasants a misfortune?
A) Firs
B) Gaev
B) Yasha
15. Who said about himself that his father was a man, and now he himself is in a white vest and yellow shoes?
A) Gaev
B) Lopakhin
B) Epikhodov
16. Who, saying goodbye to their old life, exclaims: “Hello, new life!”?
A) Petya Trofimov
B) Anya
B) Ranevskaya
17. Who says: “All of Russia is our garden!”?
A) Varya
B) Petya Trofimov
Vania
18. What did A.P. Chekhov call his last dramatic work?
A) “The Cherry Orchard”
B) "Uncle Vanya"
B) "Seagull"
19. Who was Lopakhin Ermolai Alekseevich?
A) clerk
B) servant
B) a merchant
20. Who called Petya Trofimov a “shabby gentleman”?
A) Gaev
B) one woman in the carriage
B) Yasha
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TEST 1
A. P. Chekhov
(Put the corresponding numbers in the boxes)
Exercise 1
Find the definition of humor:
1. Depiction in a literary work of any shortcomings or vices of a person or society in order to ridicule them. Denies the ridiculed phenomenon and contrasts it with an ideal.
2. Caustic, evil, mocking ridicule.
3. A type of comedic-aesthetic attitude that expresses cheerfulness and affirms it as an inevitable and necessary side of existence. He sees some aspects in his object that do not conflict with the ideal.
Task 2
Name the magazine that first published the stories of A.P. Chekhov:
1. "Dragonfly".
2. "Contemporary".
3. “Domestic notes.”
4. "Fragments."
Task 3
Did A.P. Chekhov have a commitment to any political movements and groups:
Task 4
The theme of the work of art is:
1. Facts and phenomena of life that the writer depicts, typical characters and situations selected by the author and transformed in a certain way in the system of a given artistic world.
2. The main episodes of the event series of a literary work in their artistic sequence, determined by the composition.
3. The main generalizing idea of a literary work or a system of such thoughts, reflecting the author’s attitude to reality.
Task 5
The stories of A.P. Chekhov vividly present the shortcomings of his time, expressed in a satirical form. Select works that correspond to these problems:
1. Adaptability, servility.
2. Voluntary self-deprecation.
3. Disinterested espionage, gendarme stupidity.
4. Reflection of social injustice in people’s personal misfortune.
□ “Unter Prishibeev” □ “Death of an Official”
□ “Tosca”
□ "Chameleon"
Task 6
The idea of a work of art is:
1. A visible representation of the appearance of a person, object, phenomenon.
2. The main general idea of a literary work, reflecting the author’s attitude to reality.
3. Facts and phenomena of life that the writer depicts, typical characters and situations depicted by the author and transformed in the system of this work.
Task 7
Select works by A.P. Chekhov according to the suggested topics:
1. General picture of despotism in Russia.
2. A typical picture of philistine life, corrupting the human soul.
3. The greatness of human labor, the social value of a person, the true and imaginary significance of a person in society.
4. Condemnation of spiritual stagnation, exposure of the philistinism of the Russian intelligentsia.
□ “Gooseberry”
□ "Jumper"
□ “Ionych”
□ “Ward No. 6”
Task 8
The Moskovskie Vedomosti newspaper wrote: “We must protect the school as the apple of our eye, not allowing into it anything that is unclean or doubtful in any way, and mercilessly removing from it everything unclean and doubtful that is somehow managed to sneak into it.”
Which of Chekhov's heroes expressed the ideas of the newspaper and the time of the 90s:
2. Belikov.
3. Burkina.
Task 9
The distinctive features of A.P. Chekhov’s work are (find the odd one):
1. Objectivity of the depicted.
2. Brevity of works.
3. Moralization, edification.
4. Contrast in the depiction of heroes.
Task 10
The play is:
1. One of the literary genres, which involves the creation of the artistic world of a literary work in the form of a stage embodiment.
2. Any dramatic work without specifying a genre, intended for production on stage.
3. Dramatic genre, which is based on a tragic conflict between the hero and circumstances.
Task 11
Which theater did A.P. Chekhov work closely with:
1. Maly Theater.
2. "Contemporary".
3. Art theater.
4. Stanislavsky Theater.
Task 12
The conflict of a work of art is:
1. Quarrel of heroes.
2. Collision, confrontation of characters, any feelings, motives in the souls of the heroes underlying the action.
Task 13
Chekhov's depth of conflict in plots and situations is based on:
1. Direct clashes of characters caused by the defeats of some and the victories of others.
2. Revealing the characters' characters, showing them not in struggle, but in awareness of the contradictions of life.
3. Requirements from the characters for active actions and their participation in the fight against opposing forces.
Task 14
The theme of A. P. Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard” is:
1. The fate of Russia, its future.
2. The fate of Ranevskaya and Gaev.
3. Invasion into the life of the local nobility by the capitalist Lopakhin.
Task 15
The ideological pathos of the comedy is:
1. Reflection of the outdated noble-manorial system.
2. The role of the bourgeoisie, which came to replace it and brings destruction and the power of money.
3. Waiting for the real “masters of life” who will turn Russia into a blooming garden.
Task 16
Find the correspondence of the given characteristics to the characters of the play “The Cherry Orchard”:
1. “My dad was a man, an idiot, he didn’t understand anything, he didn’t teach me, he just beat me when he was drunk, and that was all with a stick. In essence, I’m just as much of a blockhead and an idiot. I haven’t studied anything... I write in such a way that people are ashamed as a pig.”
2. “She is a good person. An easy, simple person." “She is good, kind, nice, I love her very much, but no matter how you come up with mitigating circumstances, I still have to admit that she is vicious. You can feel it in her every move.”
□ Lopakhin
□ Petya Trofimov
□ Ranevskaya
Task 17
Find the speech characteristics corresponding to the characters:
1. Sensitive sincerity, mannerism, pomposity.
2. Vernacular with liberal rantings, billiard vocabulary.
3. Scientific speech, rich in political terms.
□ Petya Trofimov
□ Ranevskaya
Task 18
Determine the identity of the speech based on its characteristic features:
1. “...My treasure, my dear, beautiful room,” “the white tree bent over, looking like a woman,” “dear student.”
2. “This, I suppose, is huge, needs to be removed, they add five at a time, I earned forty thousand in cash, auction, circulation.” “It is a figment of your imagination, shrouded in the darkness of the unknown.”
3. “...The rich and the poor, workers, intelligentsia, serf owners, truth, truth, labor, philosophizes.” “Believe me, Anya, believe me! Forward! We are moving uncontrollably towards the bright star that is burning there in the distance! Don't lag behind, friends!
□ Ranevskaya
□ Petya Trofimov
□ Lopakhin
Task 19
The speech of the characters in the play reflects the characters' characters. Who owns these words:
“Humanity moves forward, improving its strength. Everything that is out of reach for him now will someday become close and understandable, but he must work and help with all his might those who are seeking the truth.”
1. Lopakhin.
2. Petr Trofimov.
4. Simeonov-Pishchik.
Task 20
The symbol is one of the tropes, a hidden comparison. Determine the meaning of the symbols used in the play by the author:
1. The Cherry Orchard.
2. The blows of an ax, the sounds of a broken string.
3. Clothes of the old footman: livery, white vest, white gloves, tailcoat, boarded up house.
□ symbol of the past
□ symbol of the beauty of the Motherland and life
□ symbol of the end of the old life
Task 21
The age of Pyotr Sergeevich Trofimov can be judged by the remarks of the characters in the play. Which of the heroes is closer to the truth:
1. Lopakhin: “He will soon be fifty, but he is still a student.”
2. Ranevskaya: “You are twenty-six or twenty-seven, and you are still a second-grade high school student.”
Task 22
Each of the two footmen depicted in A.P. Chekhov’s play also symbolizes its own time. Which of them owns the following remarks:
1. “My lady has arrived! I’ve waited!”, “Wherever you order, I’ll go there.”
2. “If you go to Paris, take me with you, be so kind! It’s absolutely impossible for me to stay here.”
Task 23
The final scene is a kind of summing up of life.
“Life passed as if I had never lived.”
To which of the other characters in the play can this statement by Firs also be attributed (several answers are possible):
2. Ranevskaya.
3. Lopakhin.
4. Trofimov.
5. Simeonov-Pishchik.
Answers to tests
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2 - "Death of an Official" |
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3 - “Unter Prishibeev” |
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4 - “Tosca” |
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3 - "Jumping" |
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4 - “Ionych” |
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