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

2. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?
(a) A "hideous fairy tale."
(b) A "cruel, demeaning prank."
(c) A "soul-shattering nightmare."
(d) A "sinister game."

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

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

5. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?

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

3. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?

4. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?

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

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