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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. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?
2. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?
3. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?
4. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?
5. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?
Short Essay Questions
1. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?
2. Why does Ivanovich try to avoid singing the songs, and what happens when he is only pretending to sing?
3. Describe the leader of the group excursion.
4. What is the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?
5. How does Ivanovich end up losing the game that they play on the train, and what happens as a consequence?
6. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?
7. For what two reasons does Ivanovich sleep badly on the night before the trip begins?
8. 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?
9. What is frustrating for Ivanovich about the beauty in the landscapes he sees from the train?
10. 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?
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 significance of Ivanovich's status as a Russian refugee in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Be sure to support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the role of food in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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