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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the four people who work together?
(a) Two have the same last name and two have the same first name.
(b) They work for the same employer but have never met until this trip.
(c) All of them quit their jobs right before this trip.
(d) The men are married to the two women's sisters.

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

3. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?
(a) Post-office clerk.
(b) Produce distributor.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Paper manufacturer.

4. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?
(a) A "soul-shattering nightmare."
(b) A "cruel, demeaning prank."
(c) A "sinister game."
(d) A "hideous fairy tale."

5. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?
(a) Reads his book.
(b) Looks out the window at the scenery.
(c) Tries to fall asleep.
(d) Plays solitaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?

2. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?

3. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?

4. The group leader is "lanky" (5). What does this mean is true about him?

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

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