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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II, Loving R.: "A Valediction" and III: "Harbor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many women belong to the cohort of Bulgarian writers at the festival?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

3. R. asks which character to make the decision for him about whether to return to Lisbon?
(a) N.
(b) The unnamed narrator.
(c) Z.
(d) M.

4. Gospodar is Bulgarian for which English word or words?
(a) Master or lord.
(b) King or prince.
(c) Man or boy.
(d) Devil or angel.

5. What emotion does it inspire in the unnamed narrator when he realizes that Gospodar feels "no concern at all" (27) for the unnamed narrator's response to him?
(a) Awe.
(b) Security.
(c) Unease.
(d) Relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states in "A Valediction" that before meeting R., he had never desired which element in his relationships?

2. What object does the unnamed narrator break in an attempt to procure an escape from Gospodar, who has just raped him?

3. During the break-up conversation between R. and the unnamed narrator, which adjective did R. use to describe their relationship?

4. What are the Azores, where R. grew up in Portugal?

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

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