Name: _____________________ Date: ___________
THE BET
By Anton Chekhov
Pre-reading Vocabulary:
Choose 4 words from the story’s word bank listed below and
fully complete two “Vocabulary Worksheet”, located at the back of this assignment.
Word Bank:
Humane Immoral Capricious Rapture
Erudite Speculation Haphazard Posterity
Multiple Choice Questions:
Circle, underline, or highlight the correct answer.
1. The two million rubles has what value in the short story?
a. the difference between success and bankruptcy
b. worth way more than five years of life
c. worth dying over
d. the amount the banker loses in fifteen years
2. In his letter, the lawyer claims to have done what in his prison?
a. had many parties
b. raised mountains
c. composed awesome music
d. flew around like an eagle
3. The lawyer promises to do what when his prison term is over?
a. win the bet and get the moolah, duh
b. leave early to lose by default
c. tell the whole world about his ordeal
d. haunt the banker in his dreams
4. A gunshot is fired outside the prison cell because…
a. the banker was trying to kill the prisoner
b. it was hunting season, and those ducks won't kill themselves, now will they
c. the lawyer asked for confirmation that his multilingual note was correct
d. the guards were trying to keep the prisoner from escaping
