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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cloud, Castle, Lake".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator's attitude toward the absurd process that Ivanovich is told he must follow to sell back the tickets?
(a) Scornful.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Matter-of-fact.
(d) Bemused.

2. 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 others are melding together into one collective being.
(c) The other group members are starting to dislike Schramm.
(d) The group leader is losing power to Schramm.

3. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A pretty girl.
(c) The innkeeper.
(d) A goose.

4. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?
(a) His friends.
(b) Music.
(c) His childhood.
(d) Work.

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

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. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?

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

5. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?

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