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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 "fancy-style" item does Ivanovich buy for his trip (3)?
(a) An enormous backpack.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) A flannel shirt.
(d) A pair of hiking boots.

2. How long has Ivanovich been in love with a married woman?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 7 years.

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

4. Which of the following best characterizes the narrator's attitude toward the absurd process that Ivanovich is told he must follow to sell back the tickets?
(a) Bemused.
(b) Matter-of-fact.
(c) Scornful.
(d) Skeptical.

5. What description does the narrator give of the train car on page 5?
(a) It is "cattle-car bare."
(b) It "reeks of holiday revelry."
(c) It is "unmistakably third-class."
(d) It "echoes like a tin box."

Short Answer Questions

1. What relationship does Vasili Ivanovich have to the story's narrator?

2. What is special about the room at the inn by the lake?

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

4. 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)?

5. What does Ivanovich do when he first sees the view of the lake?

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