Question

Select the correct answer.
What does this excerpt from Anton Chekhov's The Proposal reveal about Lomov's character?
LOMOV: I suffer from palpitations, I'm excitable and always getting awfully upset.... At this very moment my lips are trembling, and there's
a twitch in my right eyebrow.... But the very worst of all is the way I sleep. I no sooner get into bed and begin to go off when suddenly
something in my left side-gives a pull, and I can feel it in my shoulder and head.... I jump up like a lunatic, walk about a bit, and lie down
again, but as soon as I begin to get off to sleep there's another pull! And this may happen twenty times....
A Lomov walks around his room 20 times a day to get exercise.
B. Lomov feels that his bedroom is haunted by a cruel ghost.
c.
Lomov is afraid to sleep as he gets recurring nightmares.
D.
Lomov has a medical condition that makes him very tired.
E. Lomov suffers from signs of nervousness and anxiety.

Answer 1

Answer:

E.

Explanation:

The given excerpt is taken from the play titled 'The Proposal' written by Anton Chevok. The play is about Lomov and Natalya and their marriage.

The given excerpt tells the reader about Lomov that he is nervous and anxious, and thus showing the signs of the same. We can conclude this when Lomov says that he is suffering from 'palpitations.'

Palpitations is a condition that is caused by stress and anxiety. In the excerpt, Lomov is stressed and anxious because he is worried about his marraige as he is thirty-five years old now and worried if Natalya would agree to marry him or not.

So, the correct answer is option E.

Answer 2

Answer:

E

Explanation: