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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 is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?
(a) Some have brought very little food along.
(b) Ivanovich is the only one who has brought something different.
(c) Most of the food has been spoiled by the long journey.
(d) The women are unwilling to prepare the food for the men.

2. 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)?
(a) A type of stone used in medieval constructions.
(b) An image found in a metrical foot of poetry.
(c) A tower in the shape of a digit, like a toe or finger.
(d) An architectural figure of a bird.

3. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?
(a) Russian lyrical poetry.
(b) German Classical poetry.
(c) French Baroque poetry.
(d) English metaphysical poetry.

4. In the description of the "mother-of-pearl claws on his dirty toes," what is the man with whom Ivanovich spends the night being compared to (12)?
(a) An animal.
(b) A laborer.
(c) A hidden gem.
(d) A statue.

5. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?
(a) The artist.
(b) The outsider.
(c) The loner.
(d) The hermit.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the phrase "several people, alas, were taking part in the excursion," what is the word "alas" meant to convey (4)?

4. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?

5. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?

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