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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 Ivanovich enjoy reading?
(a) German Classical poetry.
(b) Russian lyrical poetry.
(c) French Baroque poetry.
(d) English metaphysical poetry.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?

3. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?

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

3. How does Ivanovich end up losing the game that they play on the train, and what happens as a consequence?

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

5. What does Ivanovich do as soon as he sits down in the train on the first morning of the trip, and what is the group's reaction?

6. 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?

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

8. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?

9. 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?

10. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?

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