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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 others are becoming more tolerant of his eccentricities.
(b) The other group members are starting to dislike Schramm.
(c) The group leader is losing power to Schramm.
(d) The others are melding together into one collective being.

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

3. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

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

5. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?
(a) A "sinister game."
(b) A "hideous fairy tale."
(c) A "cruel, demeaning prank."
(d) A "soul-shattering nightmare."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?

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

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)?

5. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?

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