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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ivanovich told he will need to get a "certificate of non-absence from the city for the summertime" (3)?
(a) From the Bureau of Pleasantrips.
(b) From his physician.
(c) From the police.
(d) From his employer.

2. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?
(a) He is badly sunburned.
(b) He has unusually long hair.
(c) He has eyes of two different colors.
(d) He is missing one front tooth.

3. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?
(a) He is a man whom the narrator met on a group tour.
(b) He is the narrator's former employee.
(c) He is the man who was once in love with the narrator's wife.
(d) He is the narrator's brother-in-law.

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

5. What is Schramm's job title?
(a) Rural enjoyment monitor.
(b) Narrative guide.
(c) Official sight illuminator.
(d) Special stimulator.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hosted the charity ball where Ivanovich won the tour?

2. In the description of the "mother-of-pearl claws on his dirty toes," what is the man with whom Ivanovich spends the night being compared to (12)?

3. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?

4. Who is depicted "in a low-cut gown" on page 4?

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

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