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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. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
2. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?
3. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?
4. How does the text's language change when the group gets off the train at the last stop on the first day?
5. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?
Short Essay Questions
1. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?
2. What is the difference between the narrative descriptions of people and of nature in this story?
3. 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?
4. Describe the game that the passengers come up with to play on the train.
5. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?
6. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?
7. Describe the leader of the group excursion.
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 role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
10. Why is it such a relief to Ivanovich when the tour group finally stops for the night at an inn?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the significance of Ivanovich's idea that "the really good life must be oriented toward something or someone" (4). Defend your claims with evidence from the text.
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
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.
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