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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Anna walking when Gurov first sees her?
(a) Into the restaurant.
(b) Into the museum.
(c) Along the promenade.
(d) Along the pier.

2. Who do Anna and Gurov expect to arrive any day in Chapter 2?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) His wife.
(d) His children.

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

4. What time of day does the steamer arrive in Chapter 2?
(a) Evening.
(b) Two.
(c) Noon.
(d) Dawn.

5. Who first breaks the silence while Gurov and Anna stare at the sea in Chapter 2?
(a) The dog.
(b) A child.
(c) Gurov.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gurov a graduate of?

2. What does Anna lose in the crowd of people in Chapter 2?

3. How old was Anna when she married her husband?

4. What is Gurov's marital status?

5. What is Anna's maiden name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old was Gurov when he married his wife? How did their marriage take place?

2. What does Gurov tell Anna most of the vacationers feel about Yalta?

3. How does Anna describe her husband in Chapter 2? How old was she when she married?

4. What does Anna look like when she greets Gurov in Chapter 4? What is her demeanor?

5. What is it about Gurov that attracts the opposite sex, as described in the text?

6. How are Muscovites described by the narrator in Chapter 1?

7. Where does Anna live? What does her husband do for a living?

8. What does Gurov do while Anna is crying in Chapter 4? What is this a near repetition of in the novella?

9. Describe the external characteristics of Gurov (age, marital status, appearance, etc.).

10. Where does Gurov tell his wife he is going in Chapter 3? Where does he go instead?

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