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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?
(a) An extra rucksack.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Bread.
(d) His own boots.

3. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Personification.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?

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

3. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?

4. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?

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

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