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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?
(a) He has unusually long hair.
(b) He is badly sunburned.
(c) He is missing one front tooth.
(d) He has eyes of two different colors.

2. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?
(a) He is a man whom the narrator met on a group tour.
(b) He is the narrator's brother-in-law.
(c) He is the man who was once in love with the narrator's wife.
(d) He is the narrator's former employee.

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

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

5. In the description of the "mother-of-pearl claws on his dirty toes," what is the man with whom Ivanovich spends the night being compared to (12)?
(a) An animal.
(b) A hidden gem.
(c) A statue.
(d) A laborer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?

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

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

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