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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. The unnamed narrator asserts that his relationship with which character had always lacked the feeling "of being made an object" (32)?
(a) Z.
(b) M.
(c) G.
(d) R.

2. What type of meterological event is taking place during the section entitled "Cleanness"?
(a) Wind.
(b) Rain.
(c) Hail.
(d) Heat wave.

3. What realization did G. come to about B. once B. started dating their mutual friend, who was female?
(a) He was straight.
(b) He was trans.
(c) He was in love with B.
(d) He was in love with M.

4. What part of himself does the unnamed narrator tell the reader that he has hated throughout his life?
(a) Vulnerability.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Blood.
(d) Flesh.

5. At the time of the events depicted in "Cleanness," what subject is R. studying at college?
(a) Physical therapy.
(b) Law.
(c) Literature.
(d) Sociology.

Short Answer Questions

1. The meteorological event mentioned in the section entitled "Cleanness" is said to have come from which continent?

2. What is the first ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?

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

4. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe his father's reaction to weakness during his childhood?

5. The unnamed narrator states in "A Valediction" that before meeting R., he had never desired which element in his relationships?

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