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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states that the best thing about his favorite websites is that they demonstrate that people are never what in their desire?
(a) Alone.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Shamed.
(d) Wrong.

2. What is the first topic discussed by the unnamed narrator and G. during their arranged meeting?
(a) Romance.
(b) War.
(c) Vacation.
(d) College.

3. In what country is the city of Sofia located?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) Romania.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Belgium.

4. Whose poems had shocked the unnamed narrator in class one day?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Allan Ginsberg.
(c) Robert Frost.
(d) Frank O'Hara.

5. What grade had G. just finished by the time he met with the unnamed narrator in "Mentor"?
(a) 9th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 11th.

6. The unnamed narrator describes the ubiquitous apartment blocks in Sofia as looking like what objects?
(a) Hovels.
(b) Prisons.
(c) Fortresses.
(d) Banks.

7. In what location did B.'s parents have a second home to which he brought his friends one weekend?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Vitosha.
(c) Istanbul.
(d) Romania.

8. What kind of forums does the unnamed narrator suggest to G. when he provides advice?
(a) LGBTQ.
(b) Gaming.
(c) Music.
(d) Art.

9. What object does the unnamed narrator break in an attempt to procure an escape from Gospodar, who has just raped him?
(a) A vase.
(b) A lock.
(c) A window.
(d) A headboard.

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

11. What new topic does the unnamed narrator introduce when the first topic of conversation with G. falls flat?
(a) War.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Romance.
(d) Philosophy.

12. 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 in love with B.
(c) He was trans.
(d) He was straight.

13. What is NOT an element the unnamed narrator notices about the qualities of the place to which G. has taken him for their conversation?
(a) No one else is present.
(b) No one else is speaking English.
(c) G. is speaking in hushed tones.
(d) They are sitting in a booth.

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

15. What sort of body of water in Sofia, Bulgaria is called Perlovska, though no one uses its proper name?
(a) Bay.
(b) Lake.
(c) Reservoir.
(d) River.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator asserts that his relationship with which character had always lacked the feeling "of being made an object" (32)?

2. In the section entitled "Decent People," the unnamed narrator runs into someone named M. Who is M.?

3. The unnamed narrator meets his student G. in front of a McDonald's in Slaveykov, which is a what?

4. At the time when the events in "Gospodar" take place, for how long has R. been gone from the unnamed narrator's life?

5. What object does Gospodar use to whip the unnamed narrator's back as they engage in a sexual encounter?

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