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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Dialect.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Amplification.

2. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?
(a) Practice speaking German more clearly.
(b) Sing a solo.
(c) Prove that he knows where they are going.
(d) Teach them a few words of Russian.

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

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

5. What "fancy-style" item does Ivanovich buy for his trip (3)?
(a) A walking stick.
(b) A flannel shirt.
(c) An enormous backpack.
(d) A pair of hiking boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?

2. What technique is used in the story's title?

3. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?

4. 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)?

5. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?

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