View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cloud, Castle, Lake".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?
(a) "Drowsy."
(b) "Cryptic."
(c) "Innocent."
(d) "Formidable."

2. What is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?
(a) Ivanovich is the only one who has brought something different.
(b) The women are unwilling to prepare the food for the men.
(c) Most of the food has been spoiled by the long journey.
(d) Some have brought very little food along.

3. What technique is used in the story's title?
(a) Euphony.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Non Sequitur.
(d) Asyndeton.

4. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
(a) Tyrolese clothing.
(b) Walking stick.
(c) Knapsack.
(d) Hobnailed boots.

5. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?
(a) The language becomes more conversational.
(b) The language becomes more grandiloquent.
(c) The language becomes more lyrical.
(d) The language becomes more circuitous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?

2. Who is depicted "in a low-cut gown" on page 4?

3. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?

4. In the description of the "mother-of-pearl claws on his dirty toes," what is the man with whom Ivanovich spends the night being compared to (12)?

5. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 258 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample