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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has become the topic of general conversation among the vacationers?
(a) Anna.
(b) A storm.
(c) The departure.
(d) Gurov.

2. Where did Anna buy the scents which fill her room?
(a) A Chinese shop.
(b) A German shop.
(c) A Japanese shop.
(d) A Hawaiian shop.

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

4. What does Anna's husband say he's having problems with in his letter in Chapter 2?
(a) His depression.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His legs.
(d) His back.

5. At the end of Chapter 2, the narrator remarks that there was a whiff of what in the air?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Summer.
(d) Flowers.

6. What is Gurov a graduate of?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Art.
(c) Banking.
(d) Philology.

7. What do Anna and Gurov sit near in Chapter 2 while out of town?
(a) A museum.
(b) A church.
(c) A library.
(d) A school.

8. How old is Gurov's daughter?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Six.
(d) Sixteen.

9. What type of hat does Anna wear?
(a) Top hat.
(b) Floral hat.
(c) Beret.
(d) Bonnet.

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

11. How long has Anna been living in her current town in Chapter 1?
(a) One year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

12. What does Anna take no time in doing after the letter from her husband arrives in Chapter 2?
(a) Calling an ambulance.
(b) Writing back to say she's staying.
(c) Making love to Gurov.
(d) Packing her bags.

13. How old was Anna when she married her husband?
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Twenty.

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

15. What do Anna's features do following making love with Gurov?
(a) Tighten.
(b) Flush.
(c) Shrink.
(d) Droop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Anna says to Gurov?

2. Where do Gurov and Anna sit in Chapter 2 after they've left town?

3. What does the dog do in Chapter 1 when Gurov shakes his finger at it?

4. What activity do Gurov and Anna regularly do together late, near the end of Chapter 2?

5. In what city does the novella begin?

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