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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?
(a) The outsider.
(b) The loner.
(c) The hermit.
(d) The artist.

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

3. When the man tells stories about his "philanderings," what is he talking about (5)?
(a) Getting very drunk with friends.
(b) Donations to charity.
(c) Stamp collecting.
(d) Casual sexual relationships.

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

5. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
(a) Tyrolese clothing.
(b) Walking stick.
(c) Knapsack.
(d) Hobnailed boots.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?

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

4. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?

5. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?

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