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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What game is being played by the writers featured in the section called "Harbor"?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Charades.
(c) Yahtzee.
(d) Spin the bottle.

2. The unnamed narrator take the train for a day trip to what city during their European vacation featured in "The Frog King"?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Venice.
(d) Berlin.

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

4. What type of animal is Lilliyana, the animal sought out and fed periodically by the unnamed narrator and R.?
(a) A crow.
(b) A raccoon.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

5. The unnamed narrator describes a particular feature of R.'s appearance as pouring "a kind of" what "over everything" (97) he does?
(a) His energy.
(b) His smile.
(c) His gaze.
(d) His aura.

6. In which year did Tsaravets fall, according to the unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?
(a) 1637.
(b) 1548.
(c) 1301.
(d) 1393.

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

8. In what country is the city of Rousse, where the unnamed narrator and R. had gone together just before the opening of "Valediction"?
(a) Belgium.
(b) France.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Romania.

9. How does R. feel about the country where he was born and raised?
(a) He prizes it only during holidays.
(b) He is ambivalent about it.
(c) He loves it.
(d) He hates it.

10. The festival featured in "Harbor" lasts what length of time?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

11. During the break-up conversation between R. and the unnamed narrator, which adjective did R. use to describe their relationship?
(a) Impossible.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Unfulfilling.
(d) Numbing.

12. To what type of establishment does R. lead a reluctant unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?
(a) A pub.
(b) A hair salon.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) An art museum.

13. The unnamed narrator claims, "There's no such thing as a professional" what "in Bulgaria" (155)?
(a) Soccer player.
(b) Artist.
(c) Influencer.
(d) Writer.

14. What are the Azores, where R. grew up in Portugal?
(a) Forests.
(b) Dunes.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Lakes.

15. What does the Bulgarian term "Zapovyadaite" (136) mean?
(a) Hello.
(b) Welcome.
(c) Run.
(d) Please.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Valediction," the unnamed narrator muses about "the false similarity" (140) between which two words?

2. R. asks which character to make the decision for him about whether to return to Lisbon?

3. What is the first ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?

4. What type of transportation are the unnamed narrator and R. using when "A Valediction" opens?

5. The unnamed narrator describes R's beauty as being "stripped of" (89) what?

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