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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?
(a) Presses his hand to his heart.
(b) Falls to his knees.
(c) Begins to weep.
(d) Gasps aloud.

3. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?
(a) His athletic physique.
(b) His neatly trimmed hair.
(c) His elegant clothing.
(d) His healthy complexion.

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

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

6. 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)?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Simile.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Juxtaposition.

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

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

9. What is unusual about the four people who work together?
(a) They work for the same employer but have never met until 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) All of them quit their jobs right before this trip.

10. 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 throwing a sausage at him.
(d) By singing loudly in his ear.

11. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

12. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?
(a) It is traditionally worn in the Black Forest region.
(b) It is traditionally worn in the Austrian Alps.
(c) It is traditionally worn by servants.
(d) It is traditionally worn by shepherds.

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

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

15. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?
(a) Its price.
(b) Its library.
(c) Its view.
(d) Its decor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Ivanovich expected to carry during the second day of the tour?

3. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?

4. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?

5. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?

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