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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) Most of the food has been spoiled by the long journey.
(c) Ivanovich is the only one who has brought something different.
(d) Some have brought very little food along.

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

3. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?
(a) It varies in width.
(b) It abruptly ends.
(c) It gently rises and falls.
(d) It curves sharply.

4. Who wrote the book that Ivanovich opens on the train?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Donne.
(c) De Viau.
(d) Tiutchev.

5. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?
(a) The destination of the tour.
(b) Ivanovich's name.
(c) The source of the tour tickets.
(d) The time of day the tour departed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?

2. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?

3. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?

4. What is Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?

5. What is unusual about the four people who work together?

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