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Anton
Chekhov
Greed
Death Penalty
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Life in Prison
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
In what country was Anton Chekhov born?
Russia
100
What is greed?
Greed is the selfish desire for money or possessions, over and above ones needs.
100
What is Capital Punishment?
Legal infliction of death due to the violation of a law.
100
What part of speech is the word immoral?
adjective
100
Which character volunteered to become imprisoned?
The Lawyer
200
What disease did Anton suffer from? (He eventually died from this illness).
Tuberculosis
200
Why did the lawyer want to be in prison for 15 years?
For 2 million dollars.
200
Does Capital Punishment still stand today? Explain what forms still exist. (two forms).
Lethal Injection, life in prison, or lethal gas.
200
What is the meaning of the words, capital punishment?
Punishment by death for a crime.
200
What were the stakes of the bet?
$2,000,000.00
300
What type of school did Anton attend in 1867 to 1868?
A Greek Boys school.
300
Why doesn't the banker want to pay the lawyer?
He didn't have the money to pay the banker.
300
How many executions are cone each year throughout the United States?
50-75
300
What is the meaning of senile?
When a person shows a decrease in thinking as a result of old age.
300
Which character shows the most greed?
The banker or the lawyer. Explain.
400
What country did Anton die in?
Germany.
400
At the end of the story, why is the banker happy that the lawyer escapes?
The banker didn't have to pay the lawyer.
400
When did Capital Punishment begin?
1764
400
Can you use the word stake in a sentence? Use it as a noun.
Yes, No
400
What were the conditions of the room?
Small, included a bed, table and books.
500
Name two careers that Anton had during his lifetime?
Dramatist, short story writer, novelist, physician, editor of the literary section of a Russian magazine, founder of two rural schools.
500
What was the theme of the story?
Greed can control someones life.
500
What is the meaning illusory?
Something that misleads or tricks a person from seeing the truth.
500
What does obliged mean?
To require or constrained.
500
Where does the story take place?
In a cottage on the banker's property.