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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. In the description of the "mother-of-pearl claws on his dirty toes," what is the man with whom Ivanovich spends the night being compared to (12)?
3. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?
4. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?
5. After dinner, what do the other tour members insist that Ivanovich do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ivanovich end up losing the game that they play on the train, and what happens as a consequence?
2. How does Ivanovich end up going on a tour that he does not want to go on?
3. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?
4. Why does Ivanovich try to avoid singing the songs, and what happens when he is only pretending to sing?
5. What is the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?
6. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?
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 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?
9. What is frustrating for Ivanovich about the beauty in the landscapes he sees from the train?
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 purpose of framing the story as a recollection. Defend your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the sources and purpose of ambiguity in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Be sure to support your ideas with textual evidence.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the characterization of Vasili Ivanovich. Defend your ideas with textual evidence.
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