Question

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story. Which sentence from the text of "The Bet" best expresses the banker's development in the story?
A) "The slightest attempt on his part to break the conditions, if only two minutes before the end, released the banker from the obligation to pay him the two millions."
B)"'If I had the pluck to carry out my intention,' thought the old man, 'suspicion would fall first upon the watchman.'"
C) "To avoid arousing unnecessary talk, he took from the table the writing in which the millions were renounced, and when he got home locked it up in the fireproof safe."
D)"'The thought that you have the right to step out in liberty at any moment will poison your whole existence in prison. I am sorry for you.'"

Answer 1

Answer:

C) "To avoid arousing unnecessary talk, he took from the table the writing in which the millions were renounced, and when he got home locked it up in the fireproof safe."

Explanation:

The Bet is a Short Story written by Anton Chekcov that tells the story about two men, a banker and a lawyer that get into an argument about what would be best, death penalty or living confined in a cell, so to prove the banker wrong the Lawyer accepts a bet, 15 years in prison, and after that 2 million rupies. The excerpt that best expresses the banker´s development would be C) "To avoid arousing unnecessary talk, he took from the table the writing in which the millions were renounced, and when he got home locked it up in the fireproof safe." since he was greedy and eventually when the lawyer is about to finish the time in prison, decides to kill him in order to not owe him anything.

Answer 2

The answer to this is C.

"To avoid arousing unnecessary talk, he took from the table the writing in which the millions were renounced, and when he got home locked it up in the fireproof safe."

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