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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?
(a) Gasps aloud.
(b) Presses his hand to his heart.
(c) Falls to his knees.
(d) Begins to weep.

2. What technique is used in the phrase "Wispy clouds—greyhounds of heaven" (6)?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Synechdoche.

3. In the exclamation "How I hate you, our daily!" what technique is being used (13)?
(a) Dialect.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Amplification.
(d) Allusion.

4. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

5. Whom does the Bureau's song recommend should be "killed" by a walk in the countryside with "the good, the hearty guys" (9)?
(a) The hermit.
(b) The artist.
(c) The loner.
(d) The outsider.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Ivanovich told he will need to get a "certificate of non-absence from the city for the summertime" (3)?

2. When Ivanovich falls asleep on the third day of the tour, how do the others wake him up?

3. What detail of Ivanovich's appearance seems to impress the narrator?

4. How does Ivanovich get to the train on the morning of his departure?

5. What technique is used in the phrase "toward a train lurking behind other trains"?

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