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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 is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?
2. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?
3. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?
4. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?
5. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
Short Essay Questions
1. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?
2. How does Ivanovich end up going on a tour that he does not want to go on?
3. What direct characterization of Ivanovich does the narrator offer?
4. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?
5. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?
6. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
7. For what two reasons does Ivanovich sleep badly on the night before the trip begins?
8. Describe the leader of the group excursion.
9. Describe the game that the passengers come up with to play on the train.
10. Why does Ivanovich try to avoid singing the songs, and what happens when he is only pretending to sing?
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 significance of Ivanovich's unrequited love. Support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the characterization of Vasili Ivanovich. Defend your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes the significance of Ivanovich's idea that "the really good life must be oriented toward something or someone" (4). Defend your claims with evidence from the text.
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