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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book that Ivanovich opens on the train?
(a) Tiutchev.
(b) Goethe.
(c) De Viau.
(d) Donne.

2. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?
(a) By pouring water on him.
(b) By slapping him.
(c) By throwing a sausage at him.
(d) By singing loudly in his ear.

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

4. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?
(a) English metaphysical poetry.
(b) German Classical poetry.
(c) French Baroque poetry.
(d) Russian lyrical poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?

2. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?

3. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?

4. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?

5. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?

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