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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 does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?
(a) The "configuration of some entirely insignificant objects."
(b) The "charm the world acquires when it is wound up and moving like a merry-go-round."
(c) "The anonymity of all the parts of a landscape."
(d) "A memory of love, disguised as a meadow."

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

3. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?
(a) Mandolin.
(b) Balalaika.
(c) Ukulele.
(d) Fiddle.

4. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?
(a) He takes a taxi.
(b) He walks.
(c) The narrator drives him.
(d) He takes a streetcar.

5. Which character is said to have "lustreless eyes and a vague velvety vileness" (6)?
(a) Greta.
(b) Schultz.
(c) Schramm.
(d) The widow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?

2. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?

3. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?

4. What technique is used in the sentence "The burning sun crept toward a corner of the window and suddenly spilled over the yellow bench" (6)?

5. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?

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