View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?
(a) A cloud reflected in its center.
(b) Ripples that seem to follow Ivanovich along the shore.
(c) Waves moving away from the shore instead of towards it.
(d) An oddly red color.

2. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

3. What is unusual about the four people who work together?
(a) All of them quit their jobs right before this trip.
(b) The men are married to the two women's sisters.
(c) Two have the same last name and two have the same first name.
(d) They work for the same employer but have never met until this trip.

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

5. 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 outsider.
(c) The artist.
(d) The loner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?

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

3. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?

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

5. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 274 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample