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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. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?
2. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?
3. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?
4. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?
5. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
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. 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?
3. 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?
4. For what two reasons does Ivanovich sleep badly on the night before the trip begins?
5. What direct characterization of Ivanovich does the narrator offer?
6. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
7. What is frustrating for Ivanovich about the beauty in the landscapes he sees from the train?
8. How does Ivanovich end up losing the game that they play on the train, and what happens as a consequence?
9. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?
10. What is the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?
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 motif of marginalization in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about irony in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about both the literal and figurative meanings of sleep in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your assertions with textual evidence.
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