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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 detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?
(a) His neatly trimmed hair.
(b) His athletic physique.
(c) His elegant clothing.
(d) His healthy complexion.

2. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Walking.
(c) Digging.
(d) Riding in a car.

3. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?
(a) Fiddle.
(b) Mandolin.
(c) Balalaika.
(d) Ukulele.

4. Who is depicted "in a low-cut gown" on page 4?
(a) Fate.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Justice.

5. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator's attitude toward the absurd process that Ivanovich is told he must follow to sell back the tickets?
(a) Scornful.
(b) Matter-of-fact.
(c) Bemused.
(d) Skeptical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?

2. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?

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. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?

5. When the man tells stories about his "philanderings," what is he talking about (5)?

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