2. 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 grandiloquent.
(d) The language becomes more lyrical.

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

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

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

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

8. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?
(a) It gently rises and falls.
(b) It varies in width.
(c) It abruptly ends.
(d) It curves sharply.

9. 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)?
(a) A hidden gem.
(b) A laborer.
(c) A statue.
(d) An animal.

10. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?
(a) Anton Chekhov.
(b) Ivan Turgenev
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Vladimir Nabokov.

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

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

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

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

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