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

2. 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)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Imagery.

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

4. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?
(a) The others are becoming more tolerant of his eccentricities.
(b) The group leader is losing power to Schramm.
(c) The others are melding together into one collective being.
(d) The other group members are starting to dislike Schramm.

5. What does Ivanovich think "must be oriented toward something or someone" (4)?
(a) "Creatures still unknown to us."
(b) "Some wonderful, tremulous happiness."
(c) "The really good life."
(d) "Things seen in a dream."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the four people who work together?

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

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

4. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?

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

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