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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 is unusual about the four people who work together?
(a) All of them quit their jobs right before this trip.
(b) The men are married to the two women's sisters.
(c) They work for the same employer but have never met until this trip.
(d) Two have the same last name and two have the same first name.

2. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?
(a) It was an exceptionally hot summer.
(b) It was damp and cold.
(c) It was shortly after the last snow melted.
(d) The leaves had begun to turn.

3. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?
(a) The source of the tour tickets.
(b) Ivanovich's name.
(c) The time of day the tour departed.
(d) The destination of the tour.

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

5. One woman is described as "burlesque" (6). From the context, which is most likely true?
(a) She seems like an exaggerated caricature.
(b) She spends most of the trip making jokes.
(c) She is uncomfortably flirtatious.
(d) She works as an exotic dancer in Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?

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

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

4. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?

5. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?

(see the answer key)

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