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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 technique is used in the story's title?
(a) Euphony.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Non Sequitur.

2. One woman is described as "burlesque" (6). From the context, which is most likely true?
(a) She works as an exotic dancer in Berlin.
(b) She is uncomfortably flirtatious.
(c) She seems like an exaggerated caricature.
(d) She spends most of the trip making jokes.

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

4. What is the tour group doing in the passage that says "they raised dust along a highway" (12)?
(a) Digging.
(b) Walking.
(c) Riding in a car.
(d) Fighting.

5. What detail is the narrator uncertain if he is remembering correctly?
(a) The destination of the tour.
(b) The source of the tour tickets.
(c) Ivanovich's name.
(d) The time of day the tour departed.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 19, to what does the narrator compare Ivanovich's return journey, away from the lake?

2. From context, what is the likely meaning of the word "dactyl" in "On the other side...towered, arising from dactyl to dactyl, an ancient black castle" (14)?

3. What instrument does one of the men insist on teaching Ivanovich to play?

4. When the man tells stories about his "philanderings," what is he talking about (5)?

5. When the narrator says that the road "undulated," what is being said of this road (12)?

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