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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 special about the room at the inn by the lake?
(a) Its decor.
(b) Its price.
(c) Its view.
(d) Its library.

2. In the phrase "several people, alas, were taking part in the excursion," what is the word "alas" meant to convey (4)?
(a) Ivanovich's preference to do things on his own.
(b) The narrator's belief that travel is unnecessary.
(c) The narrator's belief that the excursion will be dull.
(d) Ivanovich's concern that the train will be overcrowded.

3. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?
(a) Dialect.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Amplification.
(d) Allusion.

4. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?
(a) He is missing one front tooth.
(b) He has eyes of two different colors.
(c) He has unusually long hair.
(d) He is badly sunburned.

5. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?
(a) The language becomes more grandiloquent.
(b) The language becomes more circuitous.
(c) The language becomes more conversational.
(d) The language becomes more lyrical.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?

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

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

4. In the description of the "mother-of-pearl claws on his dirty toes," what is the man with whom Ivanovich spends the night being compared to (12)?

5. When the man tells stories about his "philanderings," what is he talking about (5)?

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