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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?
(a) He takes a streetcar.
(b) He walks.
(c) He takes a taxi.
(d) The narrator drives him.

2. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?
(a) His childhood.
(b) Work.
(c) His friends.
(d) Music.

3. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?
(a) Cultivated plants.
(b) Flourishing plants.
(c) Sprouting plants.
(d) Rotting plants.

4. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?
(a) Dialect.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Amplification.

5. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?
(a) He has unusually long hair.
(b) He has eyes of two different colors.
(c) He is badly sunburned.
(d) He is missing one front tooth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the man tells stories about his "philanderings," what is he talking about (5)?

2. What is Schramm's job title?

3. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?

4. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?

5. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?

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