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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the unnamed narrator's body does Gospodar bite when the unnamed narrator tells him to stop?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His leg.
(c) His neck.
(d) His elbow.

2. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe his father's reaction to weakness during his childhood?
(a) Ardor.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Viciousness.
(d) Disappointment.

3. What object does the unnamed narrator use in a simile to describe the failure of the first topic of conversation during his meeting with G.?
(a) A hammer.
(b) An apple.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A cloth.

4. What part of himself does the unnamed narrator tell the reader that he has hated throughout his life?
(a) Flesh.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Cowardice.
(d) Blood.

5. What is NOT an element that G. associates with the LGBTQ community in the United States?
(a) Television.
(b) Drug use.
(c) Pop songs.
(d) Sex.

6. For what length of time has the unnamed narrator been chatting with Gospodar online before he visits him?
(a) Days.
(b) Years.
(c) Months.
(d) Weeks.

7. At the time when the events in "Gospodar" take place, for how long has R. been gone from the unnamed narrator's life?
(a) Years.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Months.
(d) Days.

8. What realization did G. come to about B. once B. started dating their mutual friend, who was female?
(a) He was straight.
(b) He was in love with B.
(c) He was trans.
(d) He was in love with M.

9. The unnamed narrator meets his student G. in front of a McDonald's in Slaveykov, which is a what?
(a) A boardwalk.
(b) A promenade.
(c) A reservoir.
(d) A square.

10. What object does Gospodar use to whip the unnamed narrator's back as they engage in a sexual encounter?
(a) A belt.
(b) A cat-o'-nine-tails.
(c) A riding crop.
(d) A whip.

11. At whose request are the unnamed narrator and G. meeting in the section entitled "Mentor"?
(a) The unnamed narrator's.
(b) G.'s mother's.
(c) G.'s guidance counselor.
(d) G.'s.

12. What is the first command Gospodar gives to the unnamed narrator once he enters the apartment?
(a) Sit.
(b) Stand.
(c) Eat.
(d) Kneel.

13. The taxi driver in "Decent People" says that he and his peers felt which overwhelming emotion in their youth?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Hope.
(c) Malaise.
(d) Disappointment.

14. How does the unnamed narrator feel when he realizes that Gospodar is not going to send him away?
(a) Excited.
(b) Angry.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Fearful.

15. In what location did B.'s parents have a second home to which he brought his friends one weekend?
(a) Vitosha.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Romania.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the "strange litany" (29) the unnamed narrator delivers about his desires, he repeats over and over, "I am" (29) what?

2. In what location did D. complete his undergraduate and graduate studies?

3. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe the element that "always claims" him when he "loses track" (22) of where he is?

4. For how long has the unnamed narrator lived in Sofia by the time of the events in "Mentor"?

5. What is the first topic discussed by the unnamed narrator and G. during their arranged meeting?

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