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

2. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?
(a) The hermit.
(b) The artist.
(c) The loner.
(d) The outsider.

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 man who was once in love with the narrator's wife.
(c) He is the narrator's brother-in-law.
(d) He is the narrator's former employee.

4. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?
(a) Gasps aloud.
(b) Begins to weep.
(c) Presses his hand to his heart.
(d) Falls to his knees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence "The burning sun crept toward a corner of the window and suddenly spilled over the yellow bench" (6)?

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

3. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?

4. 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)?

5. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator's attitude toward the absurd process that Ivanovich is told he must follow to sell back the tickets?

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