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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 think "must be oriented toward something or someone" (4)?
2. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?
3. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?
4. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?
5. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?
2. How does Ivanovich end up losing the game that they play on the train, and what happens as a consequence?
3. 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?
4. How does Ivanovich end up going on a tour that he does not want to go on?
5. On the second day of the tour, what is Ivanovich doing from early morning until early evening?
6. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
7. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?
8. For what two reasons does Ivanovich sleep badly on the night before the trip begins?
9. 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?
10. Why is it such a relief to Ivanovich when the tour group finally stops for the night at an inn?
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 purpose of framing the story as a recollection. Defend 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 idea of "hope" in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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