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?
Gossip and then catching a glimpse of her on the seafront

He rescued the dog from the ocean

He saw her at his daughter's school

His wife mentioned a newcomer
2 How did Gurov feel about his wife?
He felt indifferent towards her

He was very affectionate with her

He liked her but was not in love

He was afraid of her and disliked her
3 What best describes Gurov's attitude towards intimacy?
He finds it only in his relationship with his wife

He has never felt intimately connected with anyone

It does not last long, but it is exciting

He distrusts the feeling
4 How did Gurov first find out that the lady with the dog was alone in Yalta?
By observing her appearance and her mannerisms

She told him

He guessed

Gossip
5 Where did Gurov and the lady with the dog first make each other's acquaintance?
While dining in the gardens

In a hotel lobby

On a walk along the sea

Watching a ship come in to the port
6 Where did Gurov first kiss Anna?
In the restaurant where they first met

On the seafront

In her hotel

In his house
7 How did Anna feel when they arrived in her hotel room?
Unhappy and ashamed

Timid

Passionate

Joyful
8 What brought Gurov and Anna's affair in Yalta to a halt?
A letter from Anna's husband

A letter from Gurov's wife

Anna goes missing

Gurov's children arrive in Yalta
9 What is Anna's approach to her farewell with Gurov as she left Yalta?
She tells him that they will meet again in Yalta

She plans to meet him in Moscow in a month

She asks him to come find her in Petersburg

She believes they will never meet again
10 What season was it when Gurov returned to Moscow?
The beginning of autumn

The beginning of winter

Late spring

Midsummer
11 What activity that was NOT typical of life in Moscow, according to the narrator?
Reading three newspapers a day

Playing cards at the doctor's club

Having a secret affair

Eating a whole plateful of salt fish and cabbage
12 What did Gurov anticipate happening to his memories of his affair with Anna?
Disappearing over time

Immediately disappearing once he arrives in Moscow

Plaguing him day and night for the foreseeable future

Returning in full force when he next sees her
13 What was NOT a reason for Gurov's disgust with Moscow society?
Gluttony

Excessive card-playing

Uninteresting and repetitive conversations

The freezing temperatures
14 What excuse did Gurov give his wife for traveling to Petersburg?
Business

Having a medical exam

Meeting his lover

Doing something in the interest of a young friend
15 How did Gurov locate Anna's address?
She had sent it to him in the mail

By following the white Pomeranian

The hotel porter informed him

By walking the streets of S— until he glimpsed her
16 Why did Gurov decide to go to the theatre?
He knew Anna loved theatre

He loved the theatre in Petersburg

He saw a poster for a show at the train station

He needed a distraction from thinking about Anna
17 What did Gurov feel when he saw Anna?
He thought she looked older

He worried she did not love him anymore

He was no longer in love with her

That she was the most important thing in his life
18 What was Anna's reaction to Gurov saying hello at the theatre?
She introduced him to her husband

She ran away

She turned pale in horror and fright

She kissed and hugged him immediately
19 What did Anna promise Gurov at the theatre?
That she would come see him in Moscow

That she would divorce her husband

That he would never see her again

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

At the train station

At the pub

At Gurov's home
21 How did Gurov feel about his private, secret life that contained his affair with Anna?
That it was shameful

That he was the only one with such secrets

That he wished it didn't have to be secret

That it was more important to him than his public life
22 What did Gurov realize upon seeing that his hair was turning gray?
That he felt much younger than he looked

That he would die soon

That he regretted being unfaithful to his wife

That he had finally truly fallen in love for the first time
23 Why was Anna so upset when Gurov visited her at the hotel in Moscow?
Because their love was difficult to keep secret

Because she was afraid that Gurov did not love her anymore

Because she did not love Gurov anymore

Because she regretted being unfaithful to her husband
24 What did Gurov and Anna try to plan together?
How to leave Russia

How to end their affair

How to elope

A way to have their love out in the open
25 What tone does the story end on?
Hopeful

Ominous

Gloomy

Calm and peaceful

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