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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 is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?
(a) A cloud reflected in its center.
(b) An oddly red color.
(c) Ripples that seem to follow Ivanovich along the shore.
(d) Waves moving away from the shore instead of towards it.

2. 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 artist.
(b) The hermit.
(c) The loner.
(d) The outsider.

3. Who is depicted "in a low-cut gown" on page 4?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Fate.
(c) Temperance.
(d) Justice.

4. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?
(a) Practice speaking German more clearly.
(b) Prove that he knows where they are going.
(c) Teach them a few words of Russian.
(d) Sing a solo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?

2. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?

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

4. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?

5. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?

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