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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 old was Anna when she married her husband?

2. What is Gurov's marital status?

3. Where do Gurov and Anna go to watch the arrival of the steamer?

4. What is Anna's husband's surname?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gurov recall regarding making love to women in his past?

2. Where does Anna live? What does her husband do for a living?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Anna regard having slept with Gurov in her room in Chapter 2?

8. How does the narrator describe the first snowfall of the season in Chapter 3?

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

10. How is Anna different than the other women Gurov has made love to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the rising of tension in Chapter 3. What is the danger involved for the main characters? What stylistic techniques does the author employ to achieve this rising tension?

Essay Topic 3

What does "Betrayal" mean in the context of The Lady with the Pet Dog? Who does Anna regret betraying? Why? What is the narrator's view of the betrayal of the characters?

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