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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cloud, Castle, Lake".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the book that Ivanovich opens on the train?
(a) Donne.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Tiutchev.
(d) De Viau.

2. At the inn near the lake, what nationality does Ivanovich believe the innkeeper to be?
(a) Austrian.
(b) Italian.
(c) German.
(d) Russian.

3. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?
(a) It curves sharply.
(b) It gently rises and falls.
(c) It abruptly ends.
(d) It varies in width.

4. How late is Ivanovich running on the morning the tour leaves?
(a) 12 minutes.
(b) 1 minute.
(c) 3 minutes.
(d) 18 minutes.

5. What technique is used in the sentence "The burning sun crept toward a corner of the window and suddenly spilled over the yellow bench" (6)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Juxtaposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. What is the job of the older man who talks to Ivanovich about Russia?

3. What technique is used in the story's title?

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 word does the narrator say describes the appearance of "all creatures still unknown to us" (4)?

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