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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From context, what is the likely meaning of the word "dactyl" in "On the other side...towered, arising from dactyl to dactyl, an ancient black castle" (14)?
(a) A tower in the shape of a digit, like a toe or finger.
(b) An image found in a metrical foot of poetry.
(c) A type of stone used in medieval constructions.
(d) An architectural figure of a bird.

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

3. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?
(a) Vladimir Nabokov.
(b) Ivan Turgenev
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Anton Chekhov.

4. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?
(a) 11 a.m.
(b) 7 a.m.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) 9 a.m.

5. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?
(a) Russian.
(b) Austrian.
(c) German.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. The group leader is "lanky" (5). What does this mean is true about him?

2. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?

3. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?

4. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?

5. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?

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