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

2. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?
(a) 3 minutes.
(b) 12 minutes.
(c) 18 minutes.
(d) 1 minute.

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

4. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?
(a) 11 a.m.
(b) 7 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence "The burning sun crept toward a corner of the window and suddenly spilled over the yellow bench" (6)?

2. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?

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

4. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?

5. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?

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