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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the defining feature of the landmark the unnamed narrator generally uses to navigate toward home?
(a) Silver.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Gold.

2. The culmination of the Changes in Bulgaria involved the fall of what type of political system?
(a) Communist.
(b) Totalitarian.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Democratic.

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

4. The taxi driver in "Decent People" says that he and his peers felt which overwhelming emotion in their youth?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Malaise.
(d) Hope.

5. 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) Everywhere.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Powerful.

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

7. What term does G. use to describe the LGBTQ community in the United States?
(a) Superficial.
(b) Self-righteous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Inane.

8. What does the Bulgarian word gumichka mean in English?
(a) Condom.
(b) Home.
(c) Lover.
(d) Please.

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

10. About what type of meteorological event did G. and his friends write in their poems for the unnamed narrator's class?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Floods.
(c) Winds.
(d) Snowstorms.

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

12. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe Gospodar's face?
(a) Mean.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Strong.
(d) Generic.

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

14. From what country does the unnamed narrator originally hail?
(a) Austria.
(b) The United States.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Canada.

15. What term does the unnamed narrator use to describe his father's reaction to weakness during his childhood?
(a) Viciousness.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Ardor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who pays the bill when G. and the unnamed narrator have finished their discussion in "Mentor"?

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

4. At what landmark in front of a McDonald's restaurant does the unnamed narrator meet G. in the section entitled "Mentor"?

5. What sort of body of water in Sofia, Bulgaria is called Perlovska, though no one uses its proper name?

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