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

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

3. The unnamed narrator describes R's beauty as being "stripped of" (89) what?
(a) Guile.
(b) Self-confidence.
(c) Self-pity.
(d) Self-regard.

4. The section entitled "A Valediction" takes place in the middle of which month?
(a) March.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) January.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When R. arrives to meet up with the unnamed narrator in the section entitled "Cleanness," what article of clothing is he NOT wearing?

2. How many women belong to the cohort of Bulgarian writers at the festival?

3. To how many people had R. come out as a gay man before he met the unnamed narrator?

4. The festival featured in "Harbor" lasts what length of time?

5. The unnamed narrator gets a text in "Decent People" from which character asking to meet at the fountain in front of the Presidency?

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