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

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

3. 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?
(a) Scornful.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Matter-of-fact.
(d) Bemused.

4. What is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?
(a) Most of the food has been spoiled by the long journey.
(b) Some have brought very little food along.
(c) Ivanovich is the only one who has brought something different.
(d) The women are unwilling to prepare the food for the men.

5. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?
(a) Rotting plants.
(b) Sprouting plants.
(c) Cultivated plants.
(d) Flourishing plants.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

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

4. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?

5. What "fancy-style" item does Ivanovich buy for his trip (3)?

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