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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. What part of the unnamed narrator's body does Gospodar bite when the unnamed narrator tells him to stop?
(a) His leg.
(b) His elbow.
(c) His shoulder.
(d) His neck.

2. What object does the unnamed narrator use in a simile to describe the failure of the first topic of conversation during his meeting with G.?
(a) A cloth.
(b) An apple.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A hammer.

3. What new topic does the unnamed narrator introduce when the first topic of conversation with G. falls flat?
(a) Romance.
(b) War.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Philosophy.

4. In the section entitled "Decent People," the unnamed narrator runs into someone named M. Who is M.?
(a) The unnamed narrator's student.
(b) The unnamed narrator's friend.
(c) The unnamed narrator's roommate.
(d) The unnamed narrator's cousin.

5. How many women belong to the cohort of Bulgarian writers at the festival?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the section entitled "A Valediction," the unnamed narrator states that R. had returned to Sofia in which month?

2. What type of animal is Lilliyana, the animal sought out and fed periodically by the unnamed narrator and R.?

3. Which element of G.'s poem does he deem to be all wrong during his conversation with the unnamed narrator?

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

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

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