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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?
(a) By pouring water on him.
(b) By throwing a sausage at him.
(c) By slapping him.
(d) By singing loudly in his ear.

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

3. What is Schramm's job title?
(a) Narrative guide.
(b) Special stimulator.
(c) Official sight illuminator.
(d) Rural enjoyment monitor.

4. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?
(a) Depression.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Criminality.
(d) Independence.

5. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?
(a) The language becomes more lyrical.
(b) The language becomes more conversational.
(c) The language becomes more grandiloquent.
(d) The language becomes more circuitous.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?

4. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?

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

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