Anton Chekhov's 'The Lady with the Dog' Study Flashcards

A set of 20 fill-in-the-blank flashcards testing key plot details, character backgrounds, and specific textual facts from Anton Chekhov's 'The Lady with the Dog'.

Anton Chekhov's first collection of short stories, published in 1884, was titled __________.

Tales of Melpomene

In 1898, the Moscow Art Theatre produced Chekhov's play titled __________.

The Seagull

When Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov first spots the lady with the dog, he is seated at __________ outdoor café in Yalta.

Vernet's

Gurov had been talked into marrying during his second year at college, and he has a twelve-year-old daughter and __________ schoolboy sons.

two

Because of what he called lessons received from bitter experience, Gurov spoke slightingly of women, referring to them as the __________.

lower race

Although Gurov works in a bank in Moscow, he was originally trained as a __________.

philologist

Anna Sergeyevna grew up in Petersburg, but had been living for two years in the town of __________.

S.

In Yalta, Anna Sergeyevna's hotel room was stuffy and smelled of a scent she had bought in a __________ shop.

Japanese

While Anna Sergeyevna lamented having become a 'fallen woman' after their first intimacy, Gurov cut himself a slice from a __________ on the table and ate it slowly.

water-melon

Anna Sergeyevna expresses disappointment in her husband, noting that while he is an honest, worthy man, he is fundamentally a __________.

flunkey

After leaving the hotel room in the early morning, Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna took a droshky and drove to __________.

Oreanda

Anna Sergeyevna makes hasty preparations to leave Yalta after receiving a letter stating that her husband is having trouble with his __________.

eyes

When Gurov mentions to a card-partner that he met a charming woman in Yalta, the official ignores the remark and replies that the __________ was 'just a leetle off.'

sturgeon

In the town of S., the hotel porter informs Gurov that von Diederitz owns a house located on __________ Street.

Staro-Goncharnaya

In front of von Diederitz's residence stood a long grey fence with __________ nails hammered into the tops of the palings.

inverted

Gurov decides to track down Anna Sergeyevna at the local theatre during the opening performance of __________.

The Geisha

When fleeing through the theatre corridors from Gurov, Anna Sergeyevna halts on a dark narrow staircase beneath a sign reading 'To the __________.'

upper circle

Whenever Anna Sergeyevna traveled to Moscow to meet Gurov, she always stayed at the hotel called the __________.

Slavyanski Bazaar

Upon arriving at the hotel in Moscow, Anna Sergeyevna would notify Gurov by sending a messenger wearing a __________ cap.

red

On the winter morning Gurov accompanied his daughter to school before a rendezvous, he told her that the temperature was __________ degrees above zero.

three