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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The group leader is "lanky" (5). What does this mean is true about him?
(a) He is tall and thin.
(b) He is athletic.
(c) He moves stiffly.
(d) He looks unhealthy.

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

3. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?
(a) A cloud reflected in its center.
(b) An oddly red color.
(c) Waves moving away from the shore instead of towards it.
(d) Ripples that seem to follow Ivanovich along the shore.

4. Who hosted the charity ball where Ivanovich won the tour?
(a) The narrator's business.
(b) A German tourism trade group.
(c) The German government.
(d) Russian refugees.

5. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?
(a) "The anonymity of all the parts of a landscape."
(b) The "charm the world acquires when it is wound up and moving like a merry-go-round."
(c) "A memory of love, disguised as a meadow."
(d) The "configuration of some entirely insignificant objects."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ivanovich told he will need to get a "certificate of non-absence from the city for the summertime" (3)?

2. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?

3. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?

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)?

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

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