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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) Ripples that seem to follow Ivanovich along the shore.
(b) A cloud reflected in its center.
(c) An oddly red color.
(d) Waves moving away from the shore instead of towards it.

2. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?
(a) He is the narrator's brother-in-law.
(b) He is the narrator's former employee.
(c) He is the man who was once in love with the narrator's wife.
(d) He is a man whom the narrator met on a group tour.

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

4. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?
(a) Reads his book.
(b) Looks out the window at the scenery.
(c) Tries to fall asleep.
(d) Plays solitaire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hosted the charity ball where Ivanovich won the tour?

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)?

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

4. Which character is said to have "lustreless eyes and a vague velvety vileness" (6)?

5. What is Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?

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