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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 discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?
(a) The women are unwilling to prepare the food for the men.
(b) Ivanovich is the only one who has brought something different.
(c) Some have brought very little food along.
(d) Most of the food has been spoiled by the long journey.

2. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?
(a) By pouring water on him.
(b) By slapping him.
(c) By singing loudly in his ear.
(d) By throwing a sausage at him.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?

3. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?

4. What is Schramm's job title?

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

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