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Anna Karenina

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About the Novel

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List of Characters

Summaries and Commentaries

Part 1: Chapters 1 to 5
Part 1: Chapters 6 to 11
Part 1: Chapters 12 to 15
Part 1: Chapters 16 to 23
Part 1: Chapters 24 to 27
Part 1: Chapters 28 to 33
Part 1: Chapter 34
Part 2: Chapters 1 to 3
Part 2: Chapters 4 to 11
Part 2: Chapters 12 to 17
Part 2: Chapters 18 to 25
Part 2: Chapters 26 to 29
Part 2: Chapters 30 to 35
Part 3: Chapters 1 to 6
Part 3: Chapters 7 to 11
Part 3: Chapters 12 TO 23
Part 3: Chapters 24 to 32
Part 4: Chapters 1 to 23
Part 5: Chapters 1 to 6
Part 5: Chapters 7 to 13
Part 5: Chapters 14 to 20
Part 5: Chapters 21 to 33
Part 6: Chapters 1 to 5
Part 6: Chapters 6 to 15
Part 6: Chapters 16 to 25
Part 6: Chapters 26 to 32
Part 7: Chapters 1 to 12
Part 7: Chapters 13 to 22
Part 7: Chapters 23 to 31
Part 8: Chapters 1 to 5
Part 8: Chapters 6 to 19

Character Analyses

Konstantin Levin
Anna Karenina
Count Vronsky
Alexey Karenin
Kitty Shtcherbatsky
Dolly Oblonsky
Stiva Oblonsky

Critical Essays

Analysis of Plot Structure and Technique
Analysis of Themes

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1:  How does Anna help to avert a crisis in the Oblonsky household?

a. She settles a dispute among the servants of the house.

b. She takes over as host of a party while Dolly is ill.

c. She assists Stiva in securing a bank loan.

d. She convinces Stiva and Dolly to settle their differences in marriage.
2:  Levin first confess his attraction to Kitty at the

a. Train station

b. Skating rink

c. Oblonsky summer residence

d. Grand ball
3:  When we first meet Kitty, who is the object of her feelings of love and attraction?

a. Vronsky

b. Levin

c. Seryozha

d. Karenin
4:  Kitty travels to Germany to

a. visit a spa for recuperation from illness

b. be closer to Levin while he researches his book

c. please her mother and father by taking a break from her affair

d. help Anna to find Vronsky
5:  On a trip to visit his brother Nicolai, Levin discovers great peace when

a. working in the fields among the peasants

b. reading philosophy in the woods

c. attending a religious service

d. fixing the roof of his childhood home
6:  Anna fears that Seriozha will

a. not recover from his illness

b. join the priesthood

c. discover her secret

d. be taken away
7:  Vronsky’s “code of behavior” guides him to

a. return to military duty

b. travel to Moscow and never see Anna again

c. prepare for a duel with Karenin

d. propose marriage to Anna
8:  What does Anna do to keep herself occupied at home?

a. She paints portraits.

b. She writes a children’s book.

c. She works in the garden.

d. She restores an old fountain.
9:  During a thunderstorm, Levin becomes fearful that

a. his wife and baby are in danger

b. his crop will be destroyed

c. God is punishing him for his questionable faith

d. d. his brother will not return from town
10:  Following Anna’s death, Vronsky

a. goes off to war

b. returns to their home in St. Petersburg

c. joins Levin on the farm

d. returns to their home in Italy
11:  Who said the following: “The countess and I have been talking all the time, I of my son and she of hers?”

a. Dolly

b. Kitty

c. Anna

d. Rivkah
12:  Who said the following: “At least she is happy and is making another person happy. I certainly have no reproaches for her?”

a. Anna

b. Vassenka

c. Stiva

d. Dolly



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