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

2. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?
(a) The "configuration of some entirely insignificant objects."
(b) The "charm the world acquires when it is wound up and moving like a merry-go-round."
(c) "A memory of love, disguised as a meadow."
(d) "The anonymity of all the parts of a landscape."

3. The narrator describes a hill covered with "verdure"; what is this hill covered with?
(a) Rotting plants.
(b) Flourishing plants.
(c) Sprouting plants.
(d) Cultivated plants.

4. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?
(a) The other group members are starting to dislike Schramm.
(b) The others are becoming more tolerant of his eccentricities.
(c) The others are melding together into one collective being.
(d) The group leader is losing power to Schramm.

5. 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) Ivanovich is the only one who has brought something different.
(c) The women are unwilling to prepare the food for the men.
(d) Some have brought very little food along.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hosted the charity ball where Ivanovich won the tour?

2. Who is the author of "Cloud, Castle, Lake"?

3. Who wrote the book that Ivanovich opens on the train?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. On the second day of the tour, what is Ivanovich doing from early morning until early evening?

6. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?

7. Describe the leader of the group excursion.

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

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

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

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