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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 technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Conceit.

2. When the man tells stories about his "philanderings," what is he talking about (5)?
(a) Donations to charity.
(b) Stamp collecting.
(c) Casual sexual relationships.
(d) Getting very drunk with friends.

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

4. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?
(a) He is the narrator's brother-in-law.
(b) He is the narrator's former employee.
(c) He is the man who was once in love with the narrator's wife.
(d) He is a man whom the narrator met on a group tour.

5. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?
(a) Looks out the window at the scenery.
(b) Tries to fall asleep.
(c) Plays solitaire.
(d) Reads his book.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?

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

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

5. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?

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