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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?
2. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?
3. What technique is used in the sentence "The burning sun crept toward a corner of the window and suddenly spilled over the yellow bench" (6)?
4. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?
5. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?
3. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?
4. What direct characterization of Ivanovich does the narrator offer?
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 the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?
7. How does Ivanovich end up losing the game that they play on the train, and what happens as a consequence?
8. For what two reasons does Ivanovich sleep badly on the night before the trip begins?
9. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?
10. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the idea of "happiness" in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Be sure to support your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the role of names in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Offer textual support for your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of Ivanovich's status as a Russian refugee in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Be sure to support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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