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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) M.
(c) D.
(d) R.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In what year did the Changes culminate in Bulgaria, according to the taxi driver in "Decent People"?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1989.
(d) 2001.

10. What is the first command Gospodar gives to the unnamed narrator once he enters the apartment?
(a) Stand.
(b) Eat.
(c) Kneel.
(d) Sit.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does G. use to describe the LGBTQ community in the United States?

2. 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)?

3. In what country is the city of Sofia located?

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

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