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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 does Gurov decide to do at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Go to his daughter's house.
(b) Return to Moscow.
(c) Go to see Anna.
(d) Divorce his wife.

2. How old is Anna?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-two.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the protagonist in The Lady with the Pet Dog?

2. How does Gurov describe his wife's sense of grace?

3. What does Anna point out before she and Gurov go back to the hotel in Chapter 2?

4. What does Gurov have a great deal of disregard for?

5. How is Anna's hair described?

Short Essay Questions

1. Gurov believes that the memory of Anna will have faded after a month of being home. Does it? How is he affected one month later?

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

3. How does Gurov judge the lives of others as told in Chapter 4?

4. What does Anna speak of regarding "the devil" in Chapter 2?

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

6. What does Gurov remark about Anna as he lays in his hotel room at the end of Chapter 1?`

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

8. What does Gurov regard the life he leads in open view to be?

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

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

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