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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?
(a) It varies in width.
(b) It curves sharply.
(c) It gently rises and falls.
(d) It abruptly ends.

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

3. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?
(a) His neatly trimmed hair.
(b) His athletic physique.
(c) His elegant clothing.
(d) His healthy complexion.

4. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?
(a) It is traditionally worn in the Black Forest region.
(b) It is traditionally worn by shepherds.
(c) It is traditionally worn in the Austrian Alps.
(d) It is traditionally worn by servants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Schramm's job title?

2. What is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?

3. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?

4. What does Ivanovich think "must be oriented toward something or someone" (4)?

5. Who wrote the book that Ivanovich opens on the train?

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