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 does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?
(a) Independence.
(b) Criminality.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Depression.

2. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?
(a) Flourishing plants.
(b) Rotting plants.
(c) Sprouting plants.
(d) Cultivated plants.

3. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?
(a) Its view.
(b) Its decor.
(c) Its price.
(d) Its library.

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. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?
(a) Italian.
(b) Russian.
(c) German.
(d) Austrian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?

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

3. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?

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

5. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 227 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample