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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 unusual about the four people who work together?
2. What does Ivanovich feel is happening as the first night of the tour wears on?
3. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?
4. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?
5. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?
2. What is the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?
3. Describe the game that the passengers come up with to play on the train.
4. What happens when Ivanovich declares that he will stay at the lake instead of returning to Berlin?
5. 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?
6. What is frustrating for Ivanovich about the beauty in the landscapes he sees from the train?
7. What does Ivanovich do as soon as he sits down in the train on the first morning of the trip, and what is the group's reaction?
8. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?
9. How does Ivanovich end up going on a tour that he does not want to go on?
10. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
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 poetry in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Defend your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the idea of "hope" in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
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