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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)
(a) A grumble.
(b) A grunt.
(c) A chuckle.
(d) A groan.

2. R. leads the unnamed narrator to what type of location, where the unnamed narrator sees something he feels contains "a promise for" (120) him?
(a) A bank.
(b) A museum.
(c) A town square.
(d) A pizza parlor.

3. What is the second ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?
(a) The unnamed narrator puts his head on R.'s chest.
(b) R. sits on the unnamed narrator's lap.
(c) They replace the lightbulbs.
(d) They kiss in front of the main window.

4. Which feature of R.'s appearance is said to pour a particular feeling "over everything" (97) he and the unnamed narrator do together?
(a) His eyebrows.
(b) His button nose.
(c) His dimples.
(d) His smile.

5. What sort of weather element does the unnamed narrator paint as an adversary of security?
(a) Rain.
(b) Hail.
(c) Wind.
(d) Snow.

6. In what country was R. born and raised?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) Germany.
(c) Poland.
(d) Portugal.

7. The unnamed narrator tells the reader that he would like to take what action in relation to R. in "Cleanness"?
(a) To root.
(b) To dream.
(c) To roost.
(d) To sleep.

8. What is Tsavarets, according to the unnamed narrator?
(a) A zoo.
(b) A museum.
(c) A prison.
(d) A fortress.

9. On what type of website did R. and the unnamed narrator first make contact with one another?
(a) An education site.
(b) An audiophile site.
(c) A live music site.
(d) A hook-up site.

10. Which European river has the unnamed narrator just seen in "A Valediction," at which point he describes it as the first river he has seen that is comparable in size "to those [he] had grown up beside in America"? (133)
(a) Seine.
(b) Danube.
(c) Volga.
(d) Rhine.

11. What is the first ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?
(a) The unnamed narrator sits on the windowsill.
(b) They hang their own curtains.
(c) They kiss in front of the main window.
(d) R. jumps on the bed.

12. What type of people in Rousse are said to call out "Zapovyadaite" (135)?
(a) Wives.
(b) Children.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Protesters.

13. The section entitled "Cleanness" takes place in the middle of which month?
(a) January.
(b) April.
(c) October.
(d) June.

14. The unnamed narrator silently agrees with R.'s conclusion that one can never be sure of which element of one's own desire?
(a) Its potential.
(b) Its authenticity.
(c) Its purpose.
(d) Its outcome.

15. Which character is the youngest among the members of the American cohort of writers depicted in "Harbor"?
(a) The unnamed narrator.
(b) Z.
(c) M.
(d) N.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of abuse did R. suffer at the hands of one of his father's friends?

2. What does the Bulgarian term "Zapovyadaite" (136) mean?

3. The unnamed narrator states that the sight and sound of the sea drown out all what?

4. The unnamed narrator describes a particular feature of R.'s appearance as pouring "a kind of" what "over everything" (97) he does?

5. Who wants to attend the light show after the conclusion of the opera performance in "A Valediction"?

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