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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?
(a) It is "cattle-car bare."
(b) It "reeks of holiday revelry."
(c) It "echoes like a tin box."
(d) It is "unmistakably third-class."

3. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?
(a) It was damp and cold.
(b) It was an exceptionally hot summer.
(c) It was shortly after the last snow melted.
(d) The leaves had begun to turn.

4. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Produce distributor.
(c) Post-office clerk.
(d) Paper manufacturer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?

2. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?

3. What is unusual about the four people who work together?

4. Where is Ivanovich told he will need to get a "certificate of non-absence from the city for the summertime" (3)?

5. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?

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