Activity 4.2.5 – (Bonus) The Life and Work of Anton Chekhov

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You may be awarded a bonus mark from the teacher by watching the following 22 minute video on YouTube and answering the following questions.

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  1. Along with several other writers, Anton Chekhov pioneered a literary device known as “stream of consciousness.” What is it? 
  2. In what year was Chekhov born? 
  3. Why did Chekhov describe his early childhood as ‘suffering’? 
  4. What effect did Chekhov's visit and observation of a prison penal colony with families have on him. 
  5. Besides being a writer, what was Chekhov’s other profession? 
  6. What caused Chekhov’s death? 
  7. One of Chekhov’s best known short stories is about a married man and a married woman having an affair in Yalta. What is the title of that story?

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