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

2. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?
(a) He walks.
(b) He takes a taxi.
(c) He takes a streetcar.
(d) The narrator drives him.

3. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?
(a) Flourishing plants.
(b) Rotting plants.
(c) Sprouting plants.
(d) Cultivated plants.

4. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?
(a) Riding in a car.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Walking.
(d) Digging.

5. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?
(a) His athletic physique.
(b) His elegant clothing.
(c) His healthy complexion.
(d) His neatly trimmed hair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?

4. What is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?

5. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?

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