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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the man tells stories about his "philanderings," what is he talking about (5)?
(a) Casual sexual relationships.
(b) Donations to charity.
(c) Getting very drunk with friends.
(d) Stamp collecting.

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

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

4. 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 conversational.
(b) The language becomes more circuitous.
(c) The language becomes more lyrical.
(d) The language becomes more grandiloquent.

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

6. What is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?
(a) Ivanovich is the only one who has brought something different.
(b) The women are unwilling to prepare the food for the men.
(c) Most of the food has been spoiled by the long journey.
(d) Some have brought very little food along.

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

8. What is unusual about the four people who work together?
(a) All of them quit their jobs right before this trip.
(b) The men are married to the two women's sisters.
(c) Two have the same last name and two have the same first name.
(d) They work for the same employer but have never met until this trip.

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

10. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?
(a) Digging.
(b) Walking.
(c) Riding in a car.
(d) Fighting.

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

12. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?
(a) Ripples that seem to follow Ivanovich along the shore.
(b) An oddly red color.
(c) Waves moving away from the shore instead of towards it.
(d) A cloud reflected in its center.

13. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
(a) Hobnailed boots.
(b) Knapsack.
(c) Walking stick.
(d) Tyrolese clothing.

14. 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) Bemused.
(b) Scornful.
(c) Matter-of-fact.
(d) Skeptical.

15. One woman is described as "burlesque" (6). From the context, which is most likely true?
(a) She spends most of the trip making jokes.
(b) She is uncomfortably flirtatious.
(c) She works as an exotic dancer in Berlin.
(d) She seems like an exaggerated caricature.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?

3. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?

4. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?

5. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?

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