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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 the narrator compare Anna to in the scene following making love to Gurov?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A dove.
(c) A painting.
(d) A flower.

2. How do Anna and Gurov travel in Chapter 2 on their way out of town?
(a) By cab.
(b) By bus.
(c) By train.
(d) Gurov's car.

3. How much time has passed between Chapter 1 and Chapter 2?
(a) One week.
(b) One day.
(c) One month.
(d) Two weeks.

4. How tall is Anna?
(a) Medium height.
(b) Tall.
(c) Very tall.
(d) Short.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the weather in Chapter 2 while Gurov and Anna sit outside of town?

2. Where does Anna live?

3. How long has Anna been in Yalta when she and Gurov first speak?

4. Who does the protagonist regard as irresolute and "hard to rouse"?

5. What is the first place Gurov and Anna stop into after looking at the harbor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Anna's house look like? Describe the fence surrounding it and how Gurov regards it.

4. Describe the people arriving on the pier in Chapter 2. How are they dressed?

5. 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?

6. What is the significance of Gurov's vision of himself in the mirror in Chapter 4?

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

8. What does Gurov do once the travelers have dispersed in Chapter 2? How does Anna react?

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

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

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