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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 Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?
(a) His own boots.
(b) Bread.
(c) An extra rucksack.
(d) Sausage.

2. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?
(a) It "echoes like a tin box."
(b) It is "unmistakably third-class."
(c) It is "cattle-car bare."
(d) It "reeks of holiday revelry."

3. Where is Ivanovich told he will need to get a "certificate of non-absence from the city for the summertime" (3)?
(a) From his employer.
(b) From the police.
(c) From his physician.
(d) From the Bureau of Pleasantrips.

4. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) Vladimir Nabokov.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Ivan Turgenev

5. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?
(a) "Innocent."
(b) "Formidable."
(c) "Drowsy."
(d) "Cryptic."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?

4. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?

5. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?

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