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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?
(a) Balalaika.
(b) Fiddle.
(c) Mandolin.
(d) Ukulele.

2. What is Schramm's job title?
(a) Official sight illuminator.
(b) Narrative guide.
(c) Rural enjoyment monitor.
(d) Special stimulator.

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

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

5. What technique is used in the story's title?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Euphony.
(c) Non Sequitur.
(d) Asyndeton.

6. 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 seems like an exaggerated caricature.
(c) She is uncomfortably flirtatious.
(d) She works as an exotic dancer in Berlin.

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

8. 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 loner.
(c) The hermit.
(d) The outsider.

9. What is Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?
(a) Bread.
(b) Sausage.
(c) His own boots.
(d) An extra rucksack.

10. 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 lyrical.
(c) The language becomes more grandiloquent.
(d) The language becomes more circuitous.

11. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?
(a) It "reeks of holiday revelry."
(b) It is "cattle-car bare."
(c) It is "unmistakably third-class."
(d) It "echoes like a tin box."

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

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

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

15. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?
(a) A "sinister game."
(b) A "soul-shattering nightmare."
(c) A "hideous fairy tale."
(d) A "cruel, demeaning prank."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?

3. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?

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

5. What does Ivanovich think "must be oriented toward something or someone" (4)?

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