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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?
(a) He tries to read his book.
(b) He speaks Russian in his sleep.
(c) He accidentally trips one of the women.
(d) He loses a game.

2. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?
(a) It is traditionally worn by shepherds.
(b) It is traditionally worn in the Austrian Alps.
(c) It is traditionally worn by servants.
(d) It is traditionally worn in the Black Forest region.

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

4. The group leader is "lanky" (5). What does this mean is true about him?
(a) He is tall and thin.
(b) He moves stiffly.
(c) He looks unhealthy.
(d) He is athletic.

5. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?
(a) The source of the tour tickets.
(b) The time of day the tour departed.
(c) The destination of the tour.
(d) Ivanovich's name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is said to have "lustreless eyes and a vague velvety vileness" (6)?

2. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?

3. From context, what is the likely meaning of the word "dactyl" in "On the other side...towered, arising from dactyl to dactyl, an ancient black castle" (14)?

4. Where is Ivanovich told he will need to get a "certificate of non-absence from the city for the summertime" (3)?

5. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?

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