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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Anna live?

2. Where does Gurov see Anna repeatedly?

3. What type of hat does Anna wear?

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

5. What does the narrator compare Anna to in the scene following making love to Gurov?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hotel room Gurov stays in in Chapter 3.

2. What does Gurov dwell upon regarding his "double life" in Chapter 4?

3. What has been the outcome of Gurov's previous affairs? How has this left him?

4. Why does Anna's husband not arrive? What does his letter say?

5. How are Anna's and Gurov's meetings arranged in the city in Chapter 4?

6. What does Gurov talk about with his daughter while walking her to school in Chapter 4?

7. How does Gurov feel up on returning to his home in Chapter 3?

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

9. What does Gurov see in the negligees of women he's lost interest in? Why?

10. Describe the simile used in Chapter 4 used to reflect Anna and Gurov.

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