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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 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 laughs.
(b) He urinates.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He spits.

2. The unnamed narrator meets his student G. in front of a McDonald's in Slaveykov, which is a what?
(a) A boardwalk.
(b) A promenade.
(c) A square.
(d) A reservoir.

3. In what type of abode does Gospodar live?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A hostel.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A house.

4. What landmark does the unnamed narrator always use to navigate toward home?
(a) Nevsky Cathedral.
(b) The river Nevsky.
(c) Nevsky Square.
(d) Nevsky Lake.

5. Who pays the bill when G. and the unnamed narrator have finished their discussion in "Mentor"?
(a) G.
(b) B.
(c) R.
(d) The unnamed narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of the United States did the unnamed narrator grow up?

2. The unnamed narrator asserts that his relationship with which character had always lacked the feeling "of being made an object" (32)?

3. At the end of the "strange litany" (29) the unnamed narrator delivers about his desires, he repeats over and over, "I am" (29) what?

4. The unnamed narrator describes the ubiquitous apartment blocks in Sofia as looking like what objects?

5. At whose request are the unnamed narrator and G. meeting in the section entitled "Mentor"?

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