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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I: "Gospodar" and "Decent People".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the unnamed narrator break in an attempt to procure an escape from Gospodar, who has just raped him?
(a) A window.
(b) A headboard.
(c) A vase.
(d) A lock.

2. What is NOT an element the unnamed narrator notices about the qualities of the place to which G. has taken him for their conversation?
(a) G. is speaking in hushed tones.
(b) No one else is present.
(c) They are sitting in a booth.
(d) No one else is speaking English.

3. What does the Bulgarian word gumichka mean in English?
(a) Condom.
(b) Home.
(c) Please.
(d) Lover.

4. The unnamed narrator describes the ubiquitous apartment blocks in Sofia as looking like what objects?
(a) Fortresses.
(b) Banks.
(c) Prisons.
(d) Hovels.

5. How many exemplary poems does the unnamed narrator traditionally keep displayed on the back wall of his classroom?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe G.'s physical appearance?

2. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe his father's reaction to weakness during his childhood?

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

4. The unnamed narrator meets his student G. in front of a McDonald's in Slaveykov, which is a what?

5. Which element of G.'s poem does he deem to be all wrong during his conversation with the unnamed narrator?

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