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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?
(a) 14.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

2. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?
(a) The others are becoming more tolerant of his eccentricities.
(b) The group leader is losing power to Schramm.
(c) The other group members are starting to dislike Schramm.
(d) The others are melding together into one collective being.

3. What is unusual about the four people who work together?
(a) Two have the same last name and two have the same first name.
(b) They work for the same employer but have never met until this trip.
(c) All of them quit their jobs right before this trip.
(d) The men are married to the two women's sisters.

4. What technique is used in the story's title?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Euphony.
(d) Non Sequitur.

5. 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 the Bureau of Pleasantrips.
(d) From his physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?

2. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?

3. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?

4. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?

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

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