1.When the waiter tells Hlestakov that he has been instructed not to serve him food, he says that he must eat or he'll grow very thin and he is not used to hunger.Hlestakov said that his father had sent for him because he was annoyed that he hadn't been promoted in the service yet.Hlestakov's father seemed to think that the minute a person was employed in Petersburg, they got promoted.He says that his master spends a lot of money on showing off, the theatre, cabs and loses a lot playing cards.Hlestakov felt that the landlord had complained to the Mayor and that he had come to arrest him for not paying his bill.Hlestakov wants 200 roubles to pay the innkeeper at once.The Mayor agrees, but secretly he slips him 400 instead.Why does Yosif disapprove of his master's behaviour?Why was Yosif hesitant about going down to the kitchen?Hlestakov ordered Yosif to go down the kitchen to get him food.Yosif didn't want to go because he knew that they had not paid for the past two weeks.Hlestakov complained to the Mayor that he was being treated badly.He complained that he was left to starve.Hlestakov says that he has not even a copek.Hlestakov asks for a loan, but the Mayor thinks it is a bribe he wants.Hlestakov said that the meal was only two courses (soup and chicken).When he tasted the soup, he said that it had no flavour and thought that it was made of dirty water.What reasons did Hlestakov give the Mayor for his trip to Saratov?Hlestakov told the Mayor that he was going to his own estate in Saratov.However, Hlestakov thought that the game could be very
entertaining and he enjoyed it a lot.After Hlestakov has lost his money, he is so broke that sometimes he has to sell his clothes.Both the Mayor and Hlestakov were scared of each other.The Mayor and Hlestakov were scared of each other.2.Discuss.3.4.5.Explain.6.7.8.9.10.