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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How often does Gurov notice Anna in the beginning of her stay?
(a) Daily.
(b) Hourly.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Every few days.

4. What color eyes does Dmitri remark that Anna has?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

5. How long has Anna been in Yalta when she and Gurov first speak?
(a) Five days.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Three days.

6. Where does Anna live?
(a) The provinces.
(b) Yalta.
(c) The Netherlands.
(d) Moscow.

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

8. In what city does the novella begin?
(a) London.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Yalta.
(d) Paris.

9. What is another word for "harbor"?
(a) Gayav.
(b) Lognette.
(c) Groyne.
(d) Vestnev.

10. What is Anna's husband's surname?
(a) Willhelm.
(b) Pafuna.
(c) Schneider.
(d) Von Diederitz.

11. What time do Anna and Gurov begin meeting every day in Chapter 2?
(a) Five p.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) After dark.
(d) Three p.m.

12. How does Gurov describe his wife's sense of grace?
(a) Delicate.
(b) Cumbersome.
(c) Inelegant.
(d) Lovely.

13. How does Gurov feel listening to Anna bemoan her fate in Chapter 2?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Angry.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Bored.

14. Where did Anna grow up?
(a) Italy.
(b) Petersburg.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Yalta.

15. What does Anna use to look at the steamer and passengers?
(a) Binoculars.
(b) Reading glasses.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A lorgnette.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Anna been living in her current town in Chapter 1?

2. At the end of Chapter 2, the narrator remarks that there was a whiff of what in the air?

3. Anna says, after making love to Gurov, "You'll be the first to ______ me now."

4. How many children does Anna have?

5. What kind of boat comes toward the pier before Anna and Gurov return to the hotel in Chapter 2?

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