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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 tries to read his book.
(b) He loses a game.
(c) He accidentally trips one of the women.
(d) He speaks Russian in his sleep.

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

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

4. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) Ivan Turgenev
(c) Vladimir Nabokov.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

5. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 7 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?

4. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?

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

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