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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) Synesthesia.
(b) Dialect.
(c) Amplification.
(d) Allusion.

2. What technique is used in the story's title?
(a) Non Sequitur.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Euphony.

3. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?
(a) A cloud reflected in its center.
(b) An oddly red color.
(c) Waves moving away from the shore instead of towards it.
(d) Ripples that seem to follow Ivanovich along the shore.

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)?
(a) An architectural figure of a bird.
(b) A type of stone used in medieval constructions.
(c) An image found in a metrical foot of poetry.
(d) A tower in the shape of a digit, like a toe or finger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?

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

3. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?

4. Who hosted the charity ball where Ivanovich won the tour?

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

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