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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 detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?
(a) The time of day the tour departed.
(b) The source of the tour tickets.
(c) The destination of the tour.
(d) Ivanovich's name.

2. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
(a) Tyrolese clothing.
(b) Hobnailed boots.
(c) Walking stick.
(d) Knapsack.

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

4. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?
(a) By slapping him.
(b) By pouring water on him.
(c) By singing loudly in his ear.
(d) By throwing a sausage at him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Schramm's job title?

2. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?

3. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?

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. What does Ivanovich think "must be oriented toward something or someone" (4)?

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