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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 outsider.
(d) The artist.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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 statue.
(b) An animal.
(c) A hidden gem.
(d) A laborer.

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

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

11. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?
(a) The time of day the tour departed.
(b) The destination of the tour.
(c) The source of the tour tickets.
(d) Ivanovich's name.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?

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

3. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?

4. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?

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

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