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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II, Loving R.: "A Valediction" and III: "Harbor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what type of meteorological event did G. and his friends write in their poems for the unnamed narrator's class?
(a) Winds.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Snowstorms.
(d) Floods.

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

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

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

5. The unnamed narrator describes the ubiquitous apartment blocks in Sofia as looking like what objects?
(a) Hovels.
(b) Prisons.
(c) Banks.
(d) Fortresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. The culmination of the Changes in Bulgaria involved the fall of what type of political system?

2. In what location did B.'s parents have a second home to which he brought his friends one weekend?

3. How many women belong to the cohort of Bulgarian writers at the festival?

4. At the time of the events depicted in "Harbor," the unnamed narrator has had no contact with R. for what length of time?

5. What is NOT an element that G. associates with the LGBTQ community in the United States?

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