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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator's attitude toward the absurd process that Ivanovich is told he must follow to sell back the tickets?
(a) Matter-of-fact.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Bemused.
(d) Scornful.

4. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?
(a) "A memory of love, disguised as a meadow."
(b) "The anonymity of all the parts of a landscape."
(c) The "configuration of some entirely insignificant objects."
(d) The "charm the world acquires when it is wound up and moving like a merry-go-round."

5. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Criminality.
(c) Depression.
(d) Independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?

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. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?

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

5. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?

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