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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who hosted the charity ball where Ivanovich won the tour?
(a) Russian refugees.
(b) A German tourism trade group.
(c) The narrator's business.
(d) The German government.

3. What does Ivanovich do to distract himself from "the absurdity and horror of the situation" (6)?
(a) Tries to fall asleep.
(b) Plays solitaire.
(c) Reads his book.
(d) Looks out the window at the scenery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?

4. What is discovered when the group members pool their food for dinner?

5. Who wrote the book that Ivanovich opens on the train?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the game that the passengers come up with to play on the train.

2. For what two reasons does Ivanovich sleep badly on the night before the trip begins?

3. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?

4. Why does Ivanovich try to avoid singing the songs, and what happens when he is only pretending to sing?

5. On the third day of the tour, what does Ivanovich see that makes him feel the happiness he dreamed he might find on the trip?

6. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?

7. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?

8. On the second day of the tour, what is Ivanovich doing from early morning until early evening?

9. 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?

10. How does Ivanovich end up going on a tour that he does not want to go on?

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