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

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

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

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

5. How does Gurov describe his wife's intelligence?
(a) Average.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Unintelligent.
(d) Above average.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What feature of Anna's does Gurov dwell upon before sleeping in Chapter 1?

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

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

5. Of what faith is Anna's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gurov's friend reply when he tells him of the beautiful woman he met in Yalta?

2. How has Anna come to feel toward Gurov in Chapter 4?

3. Describe the lifestyle that Gurov leads while living in the city.

4. Describe how Anna and Gurov meet in Chapter 1.

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

6. Where do Anna and Gurov go in the beginning of Chapter 2? Why?

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

8. Describe the setting in the beginning of Chapter 3. Where is it? What is the description of it?

9. What is Anna's surname? What kind of name is it? How does Anna explain this?

10. Where does Gurov see Anna's face in his mind in Chapter 3?

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