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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book that Ivanovich opens on the train?
(a) Goethe.
(b) Donne.
(c) Tiutchev.
(d) De Viau.

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

3. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metaphor.

4. 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)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Simile.

5. 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 others are melding together into one collective being.
(d) The other group members are starting to dislike Schramm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?

2. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?

3. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?

4. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?

5. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?

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