Anna Karenina

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote Anna Karenina?Leo Tolstoy
2. What is the original publication?Serial publication from 1873 to 1877
3. What is the literary movement?Russian Realism
4. When was Anna Karenina published?The book was published in parts between 1873 and 1877 in Russia.
5. Where does the story take place?It is set in imperial Russia, a society with strict rules and social classes.

Realism: An artistic movement that aimed to depict subjects truthfully, without artificiality.
Existentialism: A philosophical approach that emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and choice.
Societal Hypocrisy: The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform.