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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. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?
2. Who greets Ivanovich at the inn near the lake?
3. What is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?
4. What does the narrator remember about the time of year in which the story takes place?
5. The group leader wears "Tyrolese" clothing. What is true of his clothing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?
2. Why does Ivanovich try to avoid singing the songs, and what happens when he is only pretending to sing?
3. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?
4. What is the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?
5. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
6. Describe the game that the passengers come up with to play on the train.
7. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?
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. How does Ivanovich end up losing the game that they play on the train, and what happens as a consequence?
10. On the second day of the tour, what is Ivanovich doing from early morning until early evening?
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 characterization of Vasili Ivanovich. Defend your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
One word that can be used to describe "Cloud, Castle, Lake" is "carnivalesque." Look up the literary definition of this word and then write an essay that analyzes the story as an example of the carnivalesque. Support your claims with evidence from the text.
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