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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 does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?
(a) Reads his book.
(b) Tries to fall asleep.
(c) Plays solitaire.
(d) Looks out the window at the scenery.

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

3. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?
(a) He walks.
(b) The narrator drives him.
(c) He takes a taxi.
(d) He takes a streetcar.

4. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?
(a) "Drowsy."
(b) "Formidable."
(c) "Innocent."
(d) "Cryptic."

5. Who is depicted "in a low-cut gown" on page 4?
(a) Justice.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Fate.
(d) Temperance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?

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

3. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?

4. What is Schramm's job title?

5. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?

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