Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
Why was the old banker walking from one corner of his study to the other at the beginning of the story?
Because he had happy memories of a dinner party.
Because he was very worried about his future.
Because he was looking forward to seeing the lawyer.
Why did the lawyer disagree with the banker about the death penalty?
Because he wanted to make a bet for two million rubels.
Because he thought any kind of life was better than a quick death.
Because he knew he could stay in a cell for fifteen years.
Why was the banker sure that he would win the bet?
He thought that nobody would stay in cell for so long when they did not have to.
Because the lawyer was an unhappy man and would poison himself in prison.
He had too many millions to count and was used to getting his own way.
What could the lawyer NOT get by sending a note through the prison room window?
Wine.
Newspapers.
Sheet music.
Why did the banker order a gun to be fired in the garden?
To stop the lawyer's friends trying to see him.
He wanted to send a message to the lawyer.
As a warning to stop the lawyer trying to escape.
The last words in Part I are these: "He read as though he were swimming in the sea among broken pieces of wreckage, and in his desire to save his life was eagerly grasping one piece after another." What does this mean?
The prison room was filling with water and the lawyer could not swim.
The lawyer felt broken and thought that he would soon die.
Reading had become the most important thing in the lawyer's life.
Why did the banker go to the lawyer's rooms on the last night of his time in prison?
He had decided that he must kill the lawyer.
He wanted to read the lawyer's letter.
He could not sleep and felt sorry for the lawyer.
After the banker read the lawyer's letter, he kissed his head and began to cry. Which of these is the most likely reason that he cried?
He was sorry for what had happened to the lawyer.
He was happy that he would not have to pay the two million rubels.
He knew that he would miss the lawyer when he was gone.
What is the most likely reason the banker locked the lawyer's letter in his safe?
Because he did not want other people to know what he had done to the lawyer.
Because someone might think that he killed the lawyer to avoid paying him.
Because he wanted to use it as evidence if the lawyer asked him for the money.
In English literature, the word 'theme' refers to a subject that is being discussed or described. Which of the following is NOT an important theme of The Bet?
Books can open up a new way of thinking about the world.
Don't bet unless you can afford to lose the money.
Desperation can cause people to do terrible things.