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

2. What "fancy-style" item does Ivanovich buy for his trip (3)?
(a) A flannel shirt.
(b) An enormous backpack.
(c) A walking stick.
(d) A pair of hiking boots.

3. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?
(a) 18 minutes.
(b) 1 minute.
(c) 12 minutes.
(d) 3 minutes.

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

5. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?
(a) Ukulele.
(b) Mandolin.
(c) Balalaika.
(d) Fiddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?

2. Who is depicted "in a low-cut gown" on page 4?

3. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?

4. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?

5. The group leader is "lanky" (5). What does this mean is true about him?

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