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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. In what location did D. complete his undergraduate and graduate studies?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) The United States.
(c) Germany.
(d) South Korea.

2. What emotion does it inspire in the unnamed narrator when he realizes that Gospodar feels "no concern at all" (27) for the unnamed narrator's response to him?
(a) Unease.
(b) Relief.
(c) Awe.
(d) Security.

3. 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 purpose.
(d) Its potential.

4. What are the Azores, where R. grew up in Portugal?
(a) Lakes.
(b) Dunes.
(c) Forests.
(d) Mountains.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What type of familiar frozen food does R. seek out in order to remind him of Lisbon?

3. What feeling does the unnamed narrator always glean from the experience of "being made an object" (32)?

4. What object does the unnamed narrator break in an attempt to procure an escape from Gospodar, who has just raped him?

5. What new topic does the unnamed narrator introduce when the first topic of conversation with G. falls flat?

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