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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The group leader is "lanky" (5). What does this mean is true about him?
(a) He looks unhealthy.
(b) He is tall and thin.
(c) He is athletic.
(d) He moves stiffly.

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

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

4. Who hosted the charity ball where Ivanovich won the tour?
(a) The German government.
(b) Russian refugees.
(c) A German tourism trade group.
(d) The narrator's business.

5. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?
(a) 18 minutes.
(b) 3 minutes.
(c) 1 minute.
(d) 12 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?

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

3. What "fancy-style" item does Ivanovich buy for his trip (3)?

4. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?

5. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?

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