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

2. Who hosted the charity ball where Ivanovich won the tour?
(a) The German government.
(b) A German tourism trade group.
(c) Russian refugees.
(d) The narrator's business.

3. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?
(a) Ripples that seem to follow Ivanovich along the shore.
(b) An oddly red color.
(c) Waves moving away from the shore instead of towards it.
(d) A cloud reflected in its center.

4. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?
(a) It was damp and cold.
(b) The leaves had begun to turn.
(c) It was an exceptionally hot summer.
(d) It was shortly after the last snow melted.

5. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?
(a) "A memory of love, disguised as a meadow."
(b) The "charm the world acquires when it is wound up and moving like a merry-go-round."
(c) The "configuration of some entirely insignificant objects."
(d) "The anonymity of all the parts of a landscape."

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?

2. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?

3. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?

4. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?

5. What technique is used in the sentence "The burning sun crept toward a corner of the window and suddenly spilled over the yellow bench" (6)?

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