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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?
(a) He speaks Russian in his sleep.
(b) He loses a game.
(c) He accidentally trips one of the women.
(d) He tries to read his book.

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

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

4. In the phrase "several people, alas, were taking part in the excursion," what is the word "alas" meant to convey (4)?
(a) The narrator's belief that travel is unnecessary.
(b) Ivanovich's preference to do things on his own.
(c) The narrator's belief that the excursion will be dull.
(d) Ivanovich's concern that the train will be overcrowded.

5. From context, what is the likely meaning of the word "dactyl" in "On the other side...towered, arising from dactyl to dactyl, an ancient black castle" (14)?
(a) A type of stone used in medieval constructions.
(b) A tower in the shape of a digit, like a toe or finger.
(c) An architectural figure of a bird.
(d) An image found in a metrical foot of poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?

2. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?

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

4. What is Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?

5. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?

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