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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of forums does G. automatically assume the unnamed narrator is referring to before the matter is cleared up?
(a) Political.
(b) Gaming.
(c) Sex.
(d) Romance.

2. What feeling does the unnamed narrator always glean from the experience of "being made an object" (32)?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Exhilaration.
(c) Shame.
(d) Confusion.

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

4. In what location does Gospodar order the unnamed narrator to undress in the section entitled "Gospodar"?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The parlor.
(c) The living room.
(d) The hallway.

5. The unnamed narrator gets a text in "Decent People" from which character asking to meet at the fountain in front of the Presidency?
(a) G.
(b) R.
(c) M.
(d) D.

6. What part of himself does the unnamed narrator tell the reader that he has hated throughout his life?
(a) Blood.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Flesh.
(d) Cowardice.

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

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

9. 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) Awe.
(b) Relief.
(c) Unease.
(d) Security.

10. At what landmark in front of a McDonald's restaurant does the unnamed narrator meet G. in the section entitled "Mentor"?
(a) A fountain.
(b) A statue.
(c) A planetarium.
(d) A staircase.

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

12. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe the element that "always claims" him when he "loses track" (22) of where he is?
(a) Unease.
(b) Anger.
(c) Panic.
(d) Relief.

13. What is NOT an element that G. associates with the LGBTQ community in the United States?
(a) Television.
(b) Drug use.
(c) Pop songs.
(d) Sex.

14. What object does Gospodar use to whip the unnamed narrator's back as they engage in a sexual encounter?
(a) A whip.
(b) A cat-o'-nine-tails.
(c) A riding crop.
(d) A belt.

15. In the section entitled "Decent People," the taxi driver tells the unnamed narrator that it was easy to feel which emotion during the period referred to as "the Changes" (49)?
(a) Pride.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Envy.
(d) Security.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Gospodar take that leads the unnamed narrator to feel the action "like a spark along the track" (30) of the narrator's spine?

2. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe G.'s physical appearance?

3. In what location did D. complete his undergraduate and graduate studies?

4. What is NOT an object the unnamed narrator sees in the protesters' possession in "Decent People"?

5. In what year did the Changes culminate in Bulgaria, according to the taxi driver in "Decent People"?

(see the answer keys)

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