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

2. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Dialect.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Amplification.

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

4. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?
(a) It is traditionally worn in the Black Forest region.
(b) It is traditionally worn in the Austrian Alps.
(c) It is traditionally worn by shepherds.
(d) It is traditionally worn by servants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?

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

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

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

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

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