11 questions on plot, characters, and themes. Free to take, so you can see exactly what to review before class.
1. What event brings Anna from St. Petersburg to Moscow at the start of the novel?
2. Why does Karenin refuse to divorce Anna even after discovering her affair?
3. What happens to Anna during and after her pregnancy with Vronsky's child?
4. Why does Anna's life abroad with Vronsky begin to deteriorate?
5. What legal barrier prevents Anna from remarrying after leaving Karenin?
6. How does Levin's path differ from Anna's in terms of what each character seeks?
7. What does the rejection of Levin's first marriage proposal lead him to do?
8. What role does Stiva Oblonsky play in illustrating the novel's theme about society's treatment of men versus women?
9. What is Anna's state of mind in the moments before her death?
10. How does Levin's spiritual journey resolve by the end of the novel?
11. What is the significance of the train in the novel's structure?
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