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

2. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?
(a) He has eyes of two different colors.
(b) He has unusually long hair.
(c) He is missing one front tooth.
(d) He is badly sunburned.

3. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?
(a) Prove that he knows where they are going.
(b) Sing a solo.
(c) Practice speaking German more clearly.
(d) Teach them a few words of Russian.

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

5. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is said to have "lustreless eyes and a vague velvety vileness" (6)?

2. What is unusual about the four people who work together?

3. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?

4. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?

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

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