Question

question 4 points 2
read the following passage extracted from the short story
\the bet\ by anton chekov and answer the question that
follows.

\it was a dark autumn night. the old banker was pacing from
corner to corner of his study, recalling to his mind the party
he gave in the autumn fifteen years ago. there were many
clever people at the party and much interesting
conversation. they talked among other things of capital
punishment. the guests, among them not a few scholars
and journalists, for the most part disapproved of capital
punishment. they found it obsolete as a means of
punishment, unfitted to a christian state and immoral. some
of them thought that capital punishment should be replaced
universally by life-imprisonment.\

based on the passage given above identify the core theme of
the short story.

○ crime and punishment

○ capital punishment

○ rebirth

○ morality

Explanation:

The passage focuses on a discussion about capital punishment, including opinions on its obsolescence, incompatibility with a Christian State, immorality, and a proposed replacement with life - imprisonment. "Crime and Punishment" is too broad as the passage is specifically about capital punishment. "Rebirth" has no relation to the content. "Morality" is a part of the discussion about capital punishment but not the core theme. The core theme here is the discussion and views on capital punishment.

Answer:

B. Capital Punishment