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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does it inspire in the unnamed narrator when he realizes that Gospodar feels "no concern at all" (27) for the unnamed narrator's response to him?
(a) Unease.
(b) Awe.
(c) Relief.
(d) Security.

2. What emotion does the unnamed narrator experience as a result of losing R.?
(a) Relief.
(b) Joy.
(c) Grief.
(d) Resignation.

3. What beverage do the unnamed narrator and G. drink during their conversation in "The Mentor"?
(a) Milk.
(b) Rum.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

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

5. Who pays the bill when G. and the unnamed narrator have finished their discussion in "Mentor"?
(a) B.
(b) The unnamed narrator.
(c) G.
(d) R.

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

7. At the end of the "strange litany" (29) the unnamed narrator delivers about his desires, he repeats over and over, "I am" (29) what?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Everywhere.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Nowhere.

8. What term does G. use to refer to the unnamed narrator, causing him to be startled?
(a) Teach.
(b) Professor.
(c) His surname.
(d) His first name.

9. What language does the unnamed narrator use to answer Gospodar's question about what he desires?
(a) Bulgarian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

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

11. What is NOT an object the unnamed narrator sees in the protesters' possession in "Decent People"?
(a) Knives.
(b) Noisemakers.
(c) Signs.
(d) Bullhorns.

12. What landmark does the unnamed narrator always use to navigate toward home?
(a) Nevsky Lake.
(b) The river Nevsky.
(c) Nevsky Cathedral.
(d) Nevsky Square.

13. What object does D. use to document the goings-on at the protests featured in "Decent People"?
(a) A voice recorder.
(b) A camera.
(c) A videocamera.
(d) A journal.

14. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe G.'s physical appearance?
(a) Cute.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Unremarkable.
(d) Strong.

15. Which element of G.'s poem does he deem to be all wrong during his conversation with the unnamed narrator?
(a) The rhyme scheme.
(b) The pronouns.
(c) The diction.
(d) The cadence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of forums does G. automatically assume the unnamed narrator is referring to before the matter is cleared up?

2. At one point in "Mentor," the unnamed narrator feels himself "drawn more decisively within the compass of" (9) G.'s what?

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

4. 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.?

5. The unnamed narrator states that Gospodar is as old as which character?

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