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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 does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?
(a) The other group members are starting to dislike Schramm.
(b) The group leader is losing power to Schramm.
(c) The others are becoming more tolerant of his eccentricities.
(d) The others are melding together into one collective being.

2. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Allegory.

3. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
(a) Knapsack.
(b) Tyrolese clothing.
(c) Walking stick.
(d) Hobnailed boots.

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

5. What is unusual about the four people who work together?
(a) The men are married to the two women's sisters.
(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) Two have the same last name and two have the same first name.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?

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

4. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?

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

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