The Lady With the Dog Quizzes

The Lady With the Dog Quiz

By Talia Rothstein · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed April 27, 2020

1 How did Gurov first become aware of the lady with the dog?

His wife mentioned a newcomer

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
2 How did Gurov feel about his wife?

He felt indifferent towards her

He was very affectionate with her

He was afraid of her and disliked her

He liked her but was not in love
3 What best describes Gurov's attitude towards intimacy?

He finds it only in his relationship with his wife

He distrusts the feeling

He has never felt intimately connected with anyone

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?

Gossip

By observing her appearance and her mannerisms

He guessed

She told him
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 his house

In her hotel

In the restaurant where they first met

On the seafront
7 How did Anna feel when they arrived in her hotel room?

Joyful

Passionate

Unhappy and ashamed

Timid
8 What brought Gurov and Anna's affair in Yalta to a halt?

A letter from Anna's husband

Anna goes missing

Gurov's children arrive in Yalta

A letter from Gurov's wife
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 asks him to come find her in Petersburg

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?

Midsummer

The beginning of autumn

The beginning of winter

Late spring
11 What activity that was NOT typical of life in Moscow, according to the narrator?

Reading three newspapers a day

Eating a whole plateful of salt fish and cabbage

Playing cards at the doctor's club

Having a secret affair
12 What did Gurov anticipate happening to his memories of his affair with Anna?

Plaguing him day and night for the foreseeable future

Disappearing over time

Immediately disappearing once he arrives in Moscow

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

Gluttony

Uninteresting and repetitive conversations

The freezing temperatures

Excessive card-playing
14 What excuse did Gurov give his wife for traveling to Petersburg?

Having a medical exam

Doing something in the interest of a young friend

Meeting his lover

Business
15 How did Gurov locate Anna's address?

The hotel porter informed him

By walking the streets of S— until he glimpsed her

She had sent it to him in the mail

By following the white Pomeranian
16 Why did Gurov decide to go to the theatre?

He needed a distraction from thinking about Anna

He loved the theatre in Petersburg

He knew Anna loved theatre

He saw a poster for a show at the train station
17 What did Gurov feel when he saw Anna?

He thought she looked older

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
18 What was Anna's reaction to Gurov saying hello at the theatre?

She ran away

She kissed and hugged him immediately

She turned pale in horror and fright

She introduced him to her husband
19 What did Anna promise Gurov at the theatre?

That she would divorce her husband

That she would come see him in Moscow

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 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 it was shameful

That he wished it didn't have to be secret

That it was more important to him than his public life

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

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

That he felt much younger than he looked

That he regretted being unfaithful to his wife

That he would die soon
23 Why was Anna so upset when Gurov visited her at the hotel in Moscow?

Because she did not love Gurov anymore

Because their love was difficult to keep secret

Because she regretted being unfaithful to her husband

Because she was afraid that Gurov did not love her anymore
24 What did Gurov and Anna try to plan together?

How to end their affair

How to leave Russia

A way to have their love out in the open

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

Hopeful

Gloomy

Ominous

Calm and peaceful

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