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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III: "The Little Saint" and "An Evening Out".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what season of the year had the unnamed narrator decided that he "couldn't face another year" (219) of teaching?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

2. Z. says in "An Evening Out" that his grandfather hailed from which country, causing him never to waste anything?
(a) Russia.
(b) Romania.
(c) Italy.
(d) Bulgaria.

3. What emotion does the unnamed narrator experience as a result of losing R.?
(a) Resignation.
(b) Grief.
(c) Relief.
(d) Joy.

4. At one point in "Mentor," the unnamed narrator feels himself "drawn more decisively within the compass of" (9) G.'s what?
(a) Joy.
(b) Scorn.
(c) Youth.
(d) Annoyance.

5. Whose poems had shocked the unnamed narrator in class one day?
(a) Allan Ginsberg.
(b) Robert Frost.
(c) Frank O'Hara.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an element the unnamed narrator notices about the qualities of the place to which G. has taken him for their conversation?

2. What type of animal is Lilliyana, the animal sought out and fed periodically by the unnamed narrator and R.?

3. Which character declares the night featured in "An Evening Out" as the best night of his life?

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

5. What sort of body of water in Sofia, Bulgaria is called Perlovska, though no one uses its proper name?

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