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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ivanovich think "must be oriented toward something or someone" (4)?
2. 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)?
3. Including Ivanovich and the Bureau employees, how many people are in the tour group?
4. Which detail of the group leader's appearance is associated with authoritarianism?
5. What does the Bureau's song equate with solitude?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens at dinnertime on the first day of the trip?
2. What does Ivanovich do at each of the train stations on the first day of the trip, and what does this show about his character?
3. With whom does Ivanovich spend the first night, and how does this person keep Ivanovich awake?
4. What role does singing seem to play on the tour that Ivanovich is on?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. What is frustrating for Ivanovich about the beauty in the landscapes he sees from the train?
8. How does Ivanovich end up going on a tour that he does not want to go on?
9. Who is Schramm and what function does he serve on the trip?
10. What kinds of things does Ivanovich feel passion for, and what kinds of things does he dislike?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of Ivanovich's status as a Russian refugee in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Be sure to support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the role of poetry in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Defend your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the role of food in "Cloud, Castle, Lake." Support your ideas with evidence from the text.
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