1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
bulgar [2K]
3 years ago
9

“Why did I make this bet? What’s the good? The lawyer loses fifteen years of his life and I throw away two millions. Will it con

vince people that capital punishment is worse or better than imprisonment for life? No, no! all stuff and rubbish. On my part, it was the caprice of a well-fed man; on the lawyer’s pure greed of gold.” According to the excerpt, what motivated the lawyer to wager the bet? A.sense of justice B.boredom C.love for a child D.desire for money
English
2 answers:
Tom [10]3 years ago
8 0
It was D desire for money. As it says “caprice of a well-fed man; on the lawyer’s pure greed of gold.” This shows he was out for money.
laila [671]3 years ago
3 0

The correct answer is D. Desire for money

Explanation:

The excerpt presented belongs to the short-story "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov in which a banker an a lawyer make a bet in which the lawyer has to spend 15 years in confinement and if he does this he will prove to the banker life imprisonment is better than death penalty and receive money for it. In the excerpt presented the banker and narrator begins reflecting the reasons why he accepted the bet and he states as a result of it the lawyer lost time and he lost money, also he wonders if that will prove people anything about capital punishment and life imprisonment and he finally admits he accepted the bet because of "the caprice of a well-fed man; on the lawyer’s pure greed of gold", this shows the banker accepted the bet for a simple or caprice and he believes the lawyer wager the bet because of his greed of gold or due to desire for money (Option D).

You might be interested in
Which character is considered to be a foil for Eurynome?<br> in The Odyssey
STALIN [3.7K]

Hi there!

In the Odyssey, Melantho is a foil to Eurynome and Eurykleia.

Melantho, the sibling of Melanthios, is a palace servant who is loyal to the suitors rather than the Queen. In order to die in the most humiliating way, she is hanged.

In literature, a foil character is a character that is opposite to the main character in personality, physical appearance, or both.

4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same leader, or in the same group of leaders, there can be no liber
Ronch [10]

Answer:

Separation of powers

Explanation:

In this quote from Baron de Montesquieu, he stated that if the legislative and executive arms of government are aways in unity then, the checks and balances that should be in government would be absent and this would result in a lack of liberty.

The arms of government are supposed to have a separation of powers or a high degree of independence so that one arm of government does not assume an authoritarian disposition that would lead to a loss of liberty for the people.

6 0
3 years ago
Which research question would be most appropriate for a four- to five-page research paper? What is the 2009 rate of juvenile del
Ierofanga [76]

Answer:

Does education play a role in reducing juvenile delinquents from returning to crime?

Explanation:

4 0
2 years ago
Which two storylines can be correctly categorized as science fiction?
larisa [96]
A teacher takes her class to the past in a time machine to investigate their roots.
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
How was the narrator's attitude toward tom and his wife in "the devil and tom walker"
zhuklara [117]
Can you give me a sentence or something that shows them interacting?
4 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Which line is an example of iambic pentameter
    15·1 answer
  • What memory that Jonas receives haunts him later while playing with his friends? A question from the story 'the giver'
    5·1 answer
  • Read the claim.
    6·2 answers
  • Option 1:
    5·2 answers
  • Which sentence contains an appositive phrase? In the city of Montreal, many people speak French. In Montreal, my favorite city,
    13·2 answers
  • Read the following passage from chapter 10 of frankenstein, in which victor frankenstein encounters his creature near the summit
    15·2 answers
  • According to langston hughes in o “The negros artist and the racial mountain” a negro artist’s identity originates with?
    6·1 answer
  • Summary paragraph for the short story "Aaron's Gift. plz
    14·1 answer
  • Write an expository essay on change a flat tyre​
    6·1 answer
  • Look close at these pictures lol
    13·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!