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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) Russian.
(d) Austrian.

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

3. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?
(a) Rotting plants.
(b) Flourishing plants.
(c) Cultivated plants.
(d) Sprouting plants.

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

5. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?
(a) Music.
(b) His friends.
(c) Work.
(d) His childhood.

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

7. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 3 months.

8. From context, what is the likely meaning of the word "dactyl" in "On the other side...towered, arising from dactyl to dactyl, an ancient black castle" (14)?
(a) A tower in the shape of a digit, like a toe or finger.
(b) An image found in a metrical foot of poetry.
(c) A type of stone used in medieval constructions.
(d) An architectural figure of a bird.

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

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

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

12. Where is Ivanovich told he will need to get a "certificate of non-absence from the city for the summertime" (3)?
(a) From the police.
(b) From his physician.
(c) From the Bureau of Pleasantrips.
(d) From his employer.

13. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?
(a) The leaves had begun to turn.
(b) It was damp and cold.
(c) It was shortly after the last snow melted.
(d) It was an exceptionally hot summer.

14. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?
(a) Paper manufacturer.
(b) Produce distributor.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Post-office clerk.

15. Which character is said to have "lustreless eyes and a vague velvety vileness" (6)?
(a) Schultz.
(b) The widow.
(c) Schramm.
(d) Greta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?

2. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?

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

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

5. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?

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