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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II, Loving R.: "Cleanness" and "The Frog King".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long has the unnamed narrator lived in Sofia by the time of the events in "Mentor"?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 5 years.

2. At the end of the "strange litany" (29) the unnamed narrator delivers about his desires, he repeats over and over, "I am" (29) what?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Nowhere.

3. 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) Relief.
(b) Unease.
(c) Anger.
(d) Panic.

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

5. The unnamed narrator silently agrees with R.'s conclusion that one can never be sure of which element of one's own desire?
(a) Its potential.
(b) Its authenticity.
(c) Its purpose.
(d) Its outcome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gospodar is Bulgarian for which English word or words?

2. What type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)

3. The unnamed narrator describes a particular feature of R.'s appearance as pouring "a kind of" what "over everything" (97) he does?

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

5. At one point during the discussion between G. and the unnamed narrator, G. pushes a stack of what objects toward his teacher?

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