"Were you surprised by anything in the article?" "Surprised" means you received the surprise. "Surprising" means you caused the surprise.

the correct answer is " surprised" because of " Were" Past Tense.

Were you_________________by anything in the article? A)surprised We use past participle (stem+ed) as an adjective : when we receive the action. We use present participle ( stem+ing) as an adjective : when you cuase teh action . Examples : she is bored ( she cannot find anything to do ) / she is boring ( she makes people Feeling bored ) ( it's bad quality) .

of course is A ^_^