English (3rd Prelims)

• Anton Pavlovich Chekhov


  Russian playwright, master of modern short stories, medical doctor. The author of "The Orator" Outstanding Representative of the late 19th Century Russian Realist School.
• January 29, 1860 (Taganrog, Russia)


  Date and place of birth of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
• July 15, 1904 (Badenweiler, Germany)


  Date and place of death of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
• Yevgeniya


  Mother of Chekhov
• Pavel 


  Father of Chekhov
• Olga Knipper


  Chekhov's Wife
• Master of Modern Short Stories


  Chekhov is known as?
• Medical Doctor - Physician


  Educational Background of Chekhov
• Puskin Prize, Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky, Outstanding Representative of the late 19th Century Russian Realist School


  Chekhov's Award
• Lack of complex plots and neat solutions.


  What is his best plays and short stories are known for?
• The Orator


  It tells of a rather embarrassing situation when a famous orator stands in front of a crowd at a funeral ceremony. Filled with satire towards and critique of the hypocritical and petty-minded people, Chekhov masterfully presents the world as a reflection in the eyes of a dead man.
• Cemetery


  Setting of "The Orator"
• Gregory Zapoikin


  The orator or speaker of "The Orator"
• Poplavski


  friend of Zapoikin and colleague of Ivanovitch
• Kiril Ivanovitch


  The assessor who died in "The Orator"
• Wife, Mother-in-law, Sister-in-law


  Who are the family members of Ivanovitch?
• Alcohol and bad wife


  Cause of death of Ivanovitch
• Prokofi Osipitch


  The former assessor 2 years ago who Zapoikin mistakenly thought that he is the one who died
• Chief of table of chancery 


  Osipitch's position