The Lady With the Dog Quizzes

The Lady With the Dog Quiz

1 How did Gurov first become aware of the lady with the dog?
He saw her at his daughter's school

Gossip and then catching a glimpse of her on the seafront

His wife mentioned a newcomer

He rescued the dog from the ocean
2 How did Gurov feel about his wife?
He was very affectionate with her

He was afraid of her and disliked her

He liked her but was not in love

He felt indifferent towards her
3 What best describes Gurov's attitude towards intimacy?
He distrusts the feeling

He has never felt intimately connected with anyone

He finds it only in his relationship with his wife

It does not last long, but it is exciting
4 How did Gurov first find out that the lady with the dog was alone in Yalta?
She told him

By observing her appearance and her mannerisms

Gossip

He guessed
5 Where did Gurov and the lady with the dog first make each other's acquaintance?
Watching a ship come in to the port

On a walk along the sea

In a hotel lobby

While dining in the gardens
6 Where did Gurov first kiss Anna?
In his house

On the seafront

In the restaurant where they first met

In her hotel
7 How did Anna feel when they arrived in her hotel room?
Timid

Joyful

Passionate

Unhappy and ashamed
8 What brought Gurov and Anna's affair in Yalta to a halt?
Gurov's children arrive in Yalta

A letter from Gurov's wife

A letter from Anna's husband

Anna goes missing
9 What is Anna's approach to her farewell with Gurov as she left Yalta?
She asks him to come find her in Petersburg

She tells him that they will meet again in Yalta

She believes they will never meet again

She plans to meet him in Moscow in a month
10 What season was it when Gurov returned to Moscow?
The beginning of winter

The beginning of autumn

Midsummer

Late spring
11 What activity that was NOT typical of life in Moscow, according to the narrator?
Eating a whole plateful of salt fish and cabbage

Having a secret affair

Reading three newspapers a day

Playing cards at the doctor's club
12 What did Gurov anticipate happening to his memories of his affair with Anna?
Disappearing over time

Immediately disappearing once he arrives in Moscow

Returning in full force when he next sees her

Plaguing him day and night for the foreseeable future
13 What was NOT a reason for Gurov's disgust with Moscow society?
Gluttony

The freezing temperatures

Excessive card-playing

Uninteresting and repetitive conversations
14 What excuse did Gurov give his wife for traveling to Petersburg?
Meeting his lover

Doing something in the interest of a young friend

Having a medical exam

Business
15 How did Gurov locate Anna's address?
The hotel porter informed him

By following the white Pomeranian

By walking the streets of S— until he glimpsed her

She had sent it to him in the mail
16 Why did Gurov decide to go to the theatre?
He loved the theatre in Petersburg

He knew Anna loved theatre

He needed a distraction from thinking about Anna

He saw a poster for a show at the train station
17 What did Gurov feel when he saw Anna?
That she was the most important thing in his life

He was no longer in love with her

He worried she did not love him anymore

He thought she looked older
18 What was Anna's reaction to Gurov saying hello at the theatre?
She turned pale in horror and fright

She introduced him to her husband

She kissed and hugged him immediately

She ran away
19 What did Anna promise Gurov at the theatre?
That he would never see her again

That she would come see him in Moscow

That she would divorce her husband

That they would get married one day
20 Where did Gurov and Anna meet up in Moscow?
At the pub

At Gurov's home

At the Slaviansky Bazaar hotel

At the train station
21 How did Gurov feel about his private, secret life that contained his affair with Anna?
That he wished it didn't have to be secret

That it was more important to him than his public life

That it was shameful

That he was the only one with such secrets
22 What did Gurov realize upon seeing that his hair was turning gray?
That he would die soon

That he had finally truly fallen in love for the first time

That he regretted being unfaithful to his wife

That he felt much younger than he looked
23 Why was Anna so upset when Gurov visited her at the hotel in Moscow?
Because she did not love Gurov anymore

Because she regretted being unfaithful to her husband

Because she was afraid that Gurov did not love her anymore

Because their love was difficult to keep secret
24 What did Gurov and Anna try to plan together?
A way to have their love out in the open

How to end their affair

How to leave Russia

How to elope
25 What tone does the story end on?
Calm and peaceful

Ominous

Hopeful

Gloomy

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