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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. The unnamed narrator wonders whether R. is coming to their scheduled meet-up how many minutes after the agreed-upon time in "Cleanness"?
(a) 60.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

2. In which year did Tsaravets fall, according to the unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?
(a) 1548.
(b) 1637.
(c) 1301.
(d) 1393.

3. Which European river has the unnamed narrator just seen in "A Valediction," at which point he describes it as the first river he has seen that is comparable in size "to those [he] had grown up beside in America"? (133)
(a) Danube.
(b) Seine.
(c) Rhine.
(d) Volga.

4. When the section entitled "Harbor" begins, how long has it been since the unnamed narrator has seen the sea?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

5. For what length of time has the unnamed narrator been chatting with Gospodar online before he visits him?
(a) Years.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Months.
(d) Days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The section entitled "Cleanness" takes place in the middle of which month?

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

4. What does the Bulgarian word gumichka mean in English?

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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