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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through III: "The Little Saint" and "An Evening Out".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?
(a) They kiss in front of the main window.
(b) They hang their own curtains.
(c) R. jumps on the bed.
(d) The unnamed narrator sits on the windowsill.

2. To whom does Svetcheto's apartment actually belong, as revealed in "The Little Saint"?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His lover.
(d) His uncle.

3. What does the Bulgarian term "skupi" (89) mean in English?
(a) Rich or of a higher class.
(b) Dear or of great price.
(c) Mad or of unsound mind.
(d) Lord or master.

4. How does the unnamed narrator feel when he realizes that Gospodar is not going to send him away?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.

5. The meteorological event mentioned in the section entitled "Cleanness" is said to have come from which continent?
(a) South America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Australia.
(d) Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.?

2. From what country does the unnamed narrator originally hail?

3. At what type of establishment does the concert featured in "An Evening Out" take place?

4. What sort of location is the Doctor's Garden, to which Z. leads the others in "An Evening Out"?

5. In what location do the unnamed narrator and R. spend a number of days together during R.'s winter vacation?

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