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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 7 years.

2. What is Schramm's job title?
(a) Narrative guide.
(b) Rural enjoyment monitor.
(c) Special stimulator.
(d) Official sight illuminator.

3. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Cacophony.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator's attitude toward the absurd process that Ivanovich is told he must follow to sell back the tickets?

2. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?

3. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?

4. From context, what is the likely meaning of the word "dactyl" in "On the other side...towered, arising from dactyl to dactyl, an ancient black castle" (14)?

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

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