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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 many children does Anna have?

2. How do the middle-aged women dress who come off the steamer in Chapter 2?

3. Where does Gurov suggest they go after kissing Anna by the steamer?

4. What is the name of the restaurant where Gurov first sees Anna?

5. What do Anna and Gurov sit near in Chapter 2 while out of town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the imagery of nature in Chapter 1. What elements are referred to repeatedly in the novel?

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

3. What does Anna look like when she greets Gurov in Chapter 4? What is her demeanor?

4. 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?

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

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

7. Describe Anna's room in Chapter 2. What does it smell like? How large is it?

8. Describe how Gurov's wife views herself. What does she like to refer to herself as?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss symbolism and motif in The Lady with the Pet Dog. What is the prominent motif which is expressed in the text? What does it represent? How does it connect to the themes of the story?

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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