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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Anna's hair described?
(a) Red.
(b) Fair.
(c) Black.
(d) Dark.

2. What is the weather like at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Cold.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Windy.

3. What does Anna point out before she and Gurov go back to the hotel in Chapter 2?
(a) The sunrise.
(b) The sunset.
(c) Dew.
(d) The birds.

4. What do the other vacationers refer to Anna as?
(a) The pale lady.
(b) The widow.
(c) The lady with the dog.
(d) The lady with the child.

5. How old is Gurov?
(a) Close to twenty.
(b) Close to fifty.
(c) Close to thirty.
(d) Close to forty.

6. How many houses does Gurov own in Moscow?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

7. What color hair does Gurov's wife have?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blond.
(c) Dark.
(d) Red.

8. How do the middle-aged women dress who come off the steamer in Chapter 2?
(a) In men's apparel.
(b) Like girls.
(c) In coats and hats.
(d) Like old ladies.

9. What does Anna refer to her husband as being?
(a) A monster.
(b) An abuser.
(c) A cad.
(d) A flunkey.

10. Who does the protagonist regard as irresolute and "hard to rouse"?
(a) The French.
(b) Yaltans.
(c) Italians.
(d) Muscovites.

11. What does Anna say she has always been burning with?
(a) Passion.
(b) Love.
(c) Lust.
(d) Curiosity.

12. How much longer does Anna intend to stay in Yalta in Chapter 1?
(a) One year.
(b) Two months.
(c) One month.
(d) Six months.

13. Who walks up to Gurov and Anna while they watch the ocean in Chapter 2 after making love?
(a) A child.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A watchman.

14. What does Gurov have a great deal of disregard for?
(a) Women.
(b) Children.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

15. Where do Gurov and Anna sit in Chapter 2 after they've left town?
(a) The cliff.
(b) The beach.
(c) The balcony.
(d) The mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anna tell Gurov that she hates in Chapter 2?

2. With the women whom Gurov had lost interest in the past, what did their negligees look like to him?

3. How long has Anna been in Yalta when she and Gurov first speak?

4. How does Gurov describe his wife's sense of grace?

5. How does Gurov feel about his wife?

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