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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 Schramm's job title?
2. What does Ivanovich associate with happiness?
3. What is unusual about the four people who work together?
4. Which character is said to have "lustreless eyes and a vague velvety vileness" (6)?
5. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?
2. 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?
3. On the second day of the tour, what is Ivanovich doing from early morning until early evening?
4. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?
5. What direct characterization of Ivanovich does the narrator offer?
6. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?
7. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?
8. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
9. What is the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about irony in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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