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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Metaphor.

2. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?
(a) Sing a solo.
(b) Teach them a few words of Russian.
(c) Prove that he knows where they are going.
(d) Practice speaking German more clearly.

3. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?
(a) 12 minutes.
(b) 1 minute.
(c) 3 minutes.
(d) 18 minutes.

4. What "fancy-style" item does Ivanovich buy for his trip (3)?
(a) A flannel shirt.
(b) A pair of hiking boots.
(c) A walking stick.
(d) An enormous backpack.

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

6. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?
(a) He walks.
(b) He takes a streetcar.
(c) The narrator drives him.
(d) He takes a taxi.

7. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?
(a) The destination of the tour.
(b) Ivanovich's name.
(c) The source of the tour tickets.
(d) The time of day the tour departed.

8. Who wrote the book that Ivanovich opens on the train?
(a) Donne.
(b) De Viau.
(c) Tiutchev.
(d) Goethe.

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

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

11. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 9 a.m.
(d) 7 a.m.

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

13. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?
(a) By slapping him.
(b) By pouring water on him.
(c) By singing loudly in his ear.
(d) By throwing a sausage at him.

14. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?
(a) He loses a game.
(b) He accidentally trips one of the women.
(c) He speaks Russian in his sleep.
(d) He tries to read his book.

15. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) A goose.
(c) A pretty girl.
(d) A puppy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?

2. What is Schramm's job title?

3. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?

4. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?

5. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?

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