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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. In what country is the city of Sofia located?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Romania.
(d) Belgium.

2. What action does Gospodar take that leads the unnamed narrator to feel the action "like a spark along the track" (30) of the narrator's spine?
(a) He urinates.
(b) He smiles.
(c) He spits.
(d) He laughs.

3. The culmination of the Changes in Bulgaria involved the fall of what type of political system?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Communist.
(d) Totalitarian.

4. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe the element that "always claims" him when he "loses track" (22) of where he is?
(a) Anger.
(b) Relief.
(c) Panic.
(d) Unease.

5. The taxi driver in "Decent People" says that he and his peers felt which overwhelming emotion in their youth?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Malaise.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The unnamed narrator states that the best thing about his favorite websites is that they demonstrate that people are never what in their desire?

3. What does the Bulgarian word gumichka mean in English?

4. What landmark does the unnamed narrator always use to navigate toward home?

5. What object does the unnamed narrator use in a simile to describe the failure of the first topic of conversation during his meeting with G.?

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