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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. What is NOT an object the unnamed narrator sees in the protesters' possession in "Decent People"?
(a) Signs.
(b) Noisemakers.
(c) Bullhorns.
(d) Knives.

2. What grade had G. just finished by the time he met with the unnamed narrator in "Mentor"?
(a) 10th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 9th.

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

4. What object does D. use to document the goings-on at the protests featured in "Decent People"?
(a) A videocamera.
(b) A journal.
(c) A camera.
(d) A voice recorder.

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 authenticity.
(b) Its outcome.
(c) Its potential.
(d) Its purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time when the events in "Gospodar" take place, for how long has R. been gone from the unnamed narrator's life?

2. When R. arrives to meet up with the unnamed narrator in the section entitled "Cleanness," what article of clothing is he NOT wearing?

3. The unnamed narrator take the train for a day trip to what city during their European vacation featured in "The Frog King"?

4. How old was R. when he and the unnamed narrator met one another?

5. About what type of meteorological event did G. and his friends write in their poems for the unnamed narrator's class?

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