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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 type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)
(a) A groan.
(b) A grumble.
(c) A grunt.
(d) A chuckle.

2. What is NOT an emotion named by G. when he describes B.'s reaction to his admission of romantic feelings?
(a) Revulsion.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Awe.
(d) Dismay.

3. At the time when the events in "Gospodar" take place, for how long has R. been gone from the unnamed narrator's life?
(a) Months.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Days.
(d) Years.

4. At one point during the discussion between G. and the unnamed narrator, G. pushes a stack of what objects toward his teacher?
(a) College acceptance letters.
(b) Poems.
(c) Greeting cards.
(d) Playing cards.

5. The youngest cast member in the opera entitled Lakme that is attended by the unnamed narrator and R. in "A Valediction" is of what age?
(a) 40s.
(b) 20s.
(c) 30s.
(d) Teens.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the first topic discussed by the unnamed narrator and G. during their arranged meeting?

4. The unnamed narrator admits that the real source of his forgiveness regarding R.'s habitual tardiness is what?

5. The unnamed narrator states that the best thing about his favorite websites is that they demonstrate that people are never what in their desire?

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