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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 circuitous.
(d) The language becomes more lyrical.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ivanovich told he will need to get a "certificate of non-absence from the city for the summertime" (3)?

2. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?

3. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?

4. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?

5. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it such a relief to Ivanovich when the tour group finally stops for the night at an inn?

2. For what two reasons does Ivanovich sleep badly on the night before the trip begins?

3. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?

4. What does Ivanovich do at each of the train stations on the first day of the trip, and what does this show about his character?

5. On the third day of the tour, what does Ivanovich see that makes him feel the happiness he dreamed he might find on the trip?

6. What is frustrating for Ivanovich about the beauty in the landscapes he sees from the train?

7. How does Ivanovich end up going on a tour that he does not want to go on?

8. Why does Ivanovich try to avoid singing the songs, and what happens when he is only pretending to sing?

9. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?

10. What is the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?

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