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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. At the time when the events in "Gospodar" take place, for how long has R. been gone from the unnamed narrator's life?

2. What object does Gospodar use to whip the unnamed narrator's back as they engage in a sexual encounter?

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

4. How many classes of 12th graders does the unnamed narrator teach in the narrative present of "Mentor"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For what length of time have the unnamed narrator and R. been broken up by the time of the events depicted in "Gospodar"?

2. From what part of the world did the unnamed narrator originally hail?

3. What information about the unnamed narrator's father has been revealed by the time "Decent People" comes to a close?

4. In what way do G.'s assumptions about the American LGBTQ community make him feel isolated?

5. What emotion does the unnamed narrator feel most strongly when he thinks about having lost R. in the section called "Gospodar"?

6. Who or what is Gospodar, as depicted in the section of the same name?

7. Who is M.?

8. What aspect of the unnamed narrator's arrival at the apartment depicted in "Gospodar" is designed to be humiliating and why?

9. In what ways does the unnamed narrator's sexual partner in "Gospodar" differ from his photographs online and how does the unnamed narrator feel about these discrepancies?

10. In what way does the unnamed narrator use a simile to indicate when his conversation with G. has gone cold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of self-exile within Cleanness. What is Greenwell’s message regarding this theme and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

What message does Greenwell send within the pages of Cleanness concerning the disparity between appearance and reality?

Essay Topic 3

Sensory details are used frequently by Greenwell in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Cleanness. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Greenwell’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

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