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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 discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?
(a) Ivanovich is the only one who has brought something different.
(b) Some have brought very little food along.
(c) Most of the food has been spoiled by the long journey.
(d) The women are unwilling to prepare the food for the men.

2. What word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?
(a) "Formidable."
(b) "Drowsy."
(c) "Cryptic."
(d) "Innocent."

3. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Cacophony.

4. What is Schramm's job title?
(a) Rural enjoyment monitor.
(b) Official sight illuminator.
(c) Narrative guide.
(d) Special stimulator.

5. 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) A type of stone used in medieval constructions.
(c) An image found in a metrical foot of poetry.
(d) An architectural figure of a bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the sentence "The burning sun crept toward a corner of the window and suddenly spilled over the yellow bench" (6)?

2. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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