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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 does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?
(a) The group leader is losing power to Schramm.
(b) The other group members are starting to dislike Schramm.
(c) The others are becoming more tolerant of his eccentricities.
(d) The others are melding together into one collective being.

2. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?
(a) 7 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 3 months.

3. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) Anton Chekhov.
(c) Ivan Turgenev
(d) Vladimir Nabokov.

4. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?
(a) "The anonymity of all the parts of a landscape."
(b) "A memory of love, disguised as a meadow."
(c) The "configuration of some entirely insignificant objects."
(d) The "charm the world acquires when it is wound up and moving like a merry-go-round."

5. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?
(a) Its price.
(b) Its library.
(c) Its decor.
(d) Its view.

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?

2. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?

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

4. What does Ivanovich think "must be oriented toward something or someone" (4)?

5. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?

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