Comprehension questions:
Who was Ivan Dimitritch? Was he satisfied with his life?
(Ivanwas a middle-class man who lived with his family on the income of twelve hundred a year was very satisfied with his lot.)
Did Ivan believe in Lottery luck?
(No he had no faith in lottery luck and does not like much to look at the lottery numbers that appeared in the news paper.)
What happened when Ivan’s wife gave him the newspaper to look for the lottery number
9499 and 26? How did he react?
(Ivan found out that the mentioned figure had appeared in the news paper that day. He looked at the paper in disbelief but he felt an agreeable chill in the pit of his stomach that was tingling terrible and sweet!)
What does Ivan dream of doing with the prize money?
( he dreamt of buying a property /estate and lead a comfortable luxurious life)
What is power capital?
(It is not simply money but an opportunity to invest and grow more
money in the future. )
How much money Ivan wanted to spend on real estate and personal expenses?
( twenty five thousand on real estate and ten thousand n personal expenses )
Do you think Ivan’s musings do not reveal his true character?
(Yes, because in his musings he is shown as someone who loves his family, his home and homely life. He comes across as someone who likes to spend time at home having his children and wife
around. But we come to know that in reality Ivan was someone who wanted to be
alone to enjoy life. He hated the thought of her wife coming along with him as his travel
companion)
Explain Masha’s approach to Ivan.
(Masha at first came across as a devoted wife and
caring for the views of her husband. She was someone who wanted to stay at a place
and believed in owning a property with her husband and family. Later we knew that she
too wanted to travel the world. But she did not like her husband because he did not
want her as his travel companion.)
What happened in the end?
(In the end as it happened they found out that they had
not won the lottery after all. Soon they went back to their old ways; Ivan began
complaining to his wife about the cleanliness of the house.)
Who was Ivan Dimitritch? Was he satisfied with his life?
(Ivanwas a middle-class man who lived with his family on the income of twelve hundred a year was very satisfied with his lot.)
Did Ivan believe in Lottery luck?
(No he had no faith in lottery luck and does not like much to look at the lottery numbers that appeared in the news paper.)
What happened when Ivan’s wife gave him the newspaper to look for the lottery number
9499 and 26? How did he react?
(Ivan found out that the mentioned figure had appeared in the news paper that day. He looked at the paper in disbelief but he felt an agreeable chill in the pit of his stomach that was tingling terrible and sweet!)
What does Ivan dream of doing with the prize money?
( he dreamt of buying a property /estate and lead a comfortable luxurious life)
What is power capital?
(It is not simply money but an opportunity to invest and grow more
money in the future. )
How much money Ivan wanted to spend on real estate and personal expenses?
( twenty five thousand on real estate and ten thousand n personal expenses )
Do you think Ivan’s musings do not reveal his true character?
(Yes, because in his musings he is shown as someone who loves his family, his home and homely life. He comes across as someone who likes to spend time at home having his children and wife
around. But we come to know that in reality Ivan was someone who wanted to be
alone to enjoy life. He hated the thought of her wife coming along with him as his travel
companion)
Explain Masha’s approach to Ivan.
(Masha at first came across as a devoted wife and
caring for the views of her husband. She was someone who wanted to stay at a place
and believed in owning a property with her husband and family. Later we knew that she
too wanted to travel the world. But she did not like her husband because he did not
want her as his travel companion.)
What happened in the end?
(In the end as it happened they found out that they had
not won the lottery after all. Soon they went back to their old ways; Ivan began
complaining to his wife about the cleanliness of the house.)
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