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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 the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?
2. What is the "unusual expression" of the lake's water (14)?
3. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?
4. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?
5. Why does the group make Ivanovich eat a cigarette butt?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is frustrating for Ivanovich about the beauty in the landscapes he sees from the train?
2. What direct characterization of Ivanovich does the narrator offer?
3. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?
4. Describe the game that the passengers come up with to play on the train.
5. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
6. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?
7. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?
8. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?
9. For what two reasons does Ivanovich sleep badly on the night before the trip begins?
10. Describe the leader of the group excursion.
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 role of names in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Offer textual support for your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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