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

2. Which of the following describes the group leader accurately?
(a) He is badly sunburned.
(b) He has eyes of two different colors.
(c) He has unusually long hair.
(d) He is missing one front tooth.

3. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?
(a) He takes a streetcar.
(b) The narrator drives him.
(c) He takes a taxi.
(d) He walks.

4. From context, what is the likely meaning of the word "dactyl" in "On the other side...towered, arising from dactyl to dactyl, an ancient black castle" (14)?
(a) A tower in the shape of a digit, like a toe or finger.
(b) A type of stone used in medieval constructions.
(c) An image found in a metrical foot of poetry.
(d) An architectural figure of a bird.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?

2. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?

3. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?

4. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?

5. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the game that the passengers come up with to play on the train.

7. 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?

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

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

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