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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
(a) Tyrolese clothing.
(b) Hobnailed boots.
(c) Walking stick.
(d) Knapsack.

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

3. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?
(a) Dialect.
(b) Amplification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Synesthesia.

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

5. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?
(a) Reads his book.
(b) Tries to fall asleep.
(c) Plays solitaire.
(d) Looks out the window at the scenery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?

2. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?

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

4. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?

5. What technique is used in the story's title?

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