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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cloud, Castle, Lake".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the description of the "mother-of-pearl claws on his dirty toes," what is the man with whom Ivanovich spends the night being compared to (12)?
(a) A laborer.
(b) A statue.
(c) A hidden gem.
(d) An animal.

5. 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 slapping him.
(c) By throwing a sausage at him.
(d) By singing loudly in his ear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?

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. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?

4. What is Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?

5. When the man tells stories about his "philanderings," what is he talking about (5)?

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