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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator's attitude toward the absurd process that Ivanovich is told he must follow to sell back the tickets?
(a) Scornful.
(b) Matter-of-fact.
(c) Bemused.
(d) Skeptical.

2. Which character is said to have "lustreless eyes and a vague velvety vileness" (6)?
(a) Greta.
(b) Schramm.
(c) The widow.
(d) Schultz.

3. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?
(a) Criminality.
(b) Depression.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Independence.

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)?
(a) A laborer.
(b) An animal.
(c) A hidden gem.
(d) A statue.

5. The group leader is "lanky" (5). What does this mean is true about him?
(a) He looks unhealthy.
(b) He is tall and thin.
(c) He moves stiffly.
(d) He is athletic.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?

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

3. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?

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

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

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