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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 associate with happiness?

2. At what time of the morning is Ivanovich supposed to report for the tour?

3. What does Ivanovich enjoy reading?

4. What does the narrator say is "dangerous for the soul" (7)?

5. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What direct characterization of Ivanovich does the narrator offer?

2. What is frustrating for Ivanovich about the beauty in the landscapes he sees from the train?

3. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?

4. How does Ivanovich end up going on a tour that he does not want to go on?

5. Why is it such a relief to Ivanovich when the tour group finally stops for the night at an inn?

6. On the second day of the tour, what is Ivanovich doing from early morning until early evening?

7. 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?

8. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?

9. 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?

10. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?

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 both the literal and figurative meanings of sleep in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your assertions with textual evidence.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the motif of marginalization in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your ideas with textual evidence.

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