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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 the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?
(a) The language becomes more grandiloquent.
(b) The language becomes more lyrical.
(c) The language becomes more circuitous.
(d) The language becomes more conversational.

2. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?
(a) A "soul-shattering nightmare."
(b) A "cruel, demeaning prank."
(c) A "hideous fairy tale."
(d) A "sinister game."

3. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?
(a) It is traditionally worn in the Black Forest region.
(b) It is traditionally worn by shepherds.
(c) It is traditionally worn in the Austrian Alps.
(d) It is traditionally worn by servants.

4. From context, what is the likely meaning of the word "dactyl" in "On the other side...towered, arising from dactyl to dactyl, an ancient black castle" (14)?
(a) A type of stone used in medieval constructions.
(b) An image found in a metrical foot of poetry.
(c) A tower in the shape of a digit, like a toe or finger.
(d) An architectural figure of a bird.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?

2. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?

3. What "fancy-style" item does Ivanovich buy for his trip (3)?

4. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?

5. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?

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