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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gurov compare Anna with the women of his past?

2. Where is the site of Gurov's vacation home?

3. What does Anna take no time in doing after the letter from her husband arrives in Chapter 2?

4. What does Anna tell Gurov that she hates in Chapter 2?

5. How many children does Anna have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gurov feel about the company of men?

2. How does Gurov's wife respond when he tries to talk to her of love in Chapter 3?

3. Why is Anna crying in Chapter 4? How does she regard their situation?

4. What does Anna tell Gurov at the end of Chapter 3?

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. Describe the character of Anna. How old is she? What is her appearance?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the narrative point of view and tense of the novella. How does this impact the reader's information? Define "voice" and "tense" in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "Nature" in The Lady with the Pet Dog. How is this theme both a symbol and a theme? How does the symbolism inform the theme?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the transformation which Gurov undergoes in the course of the novella. How is this transformation the basis of the structural components of the story?

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