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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When G. tells the unnamed narrator about his friendships with three other students, the unnamed narrator feels what element develop between them?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Envy.
(c) Division.
(d) Kinship.

2. 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.?
(a) An apple.
(b) A cloth.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A hammer.

3. In what type of abode does Gospodar live?
(a) A hostel.
(b) A house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) An apartment.

4. In the section entitled "Decent People," the unnamed narrator runs into someone named M. Who is M.?
(a) The unnamed narrator's friend.
(b) The unnamed narrator's student.
(c) The unnamed narrator's cousin.
(d) The unnamed narrator's roommate.

5. In what part of the United States did the unnamed narrator grow up?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

6. What action does the unnamed narrator plan to take when he reaches his destination in the taxi in "Decent People"?
(a) Lecture.
(b) Recite.
(c) Dance.
(d) Protest.

7. The protesters featured in "Decent People" meet in front of which landmark?
(a) The Archaeological Museum.
(b) The Museum of Natural History.
(c) The Glass Museum.
(d) The Modern Art Museum.

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

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

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

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

12. 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) Happiness.
(b) Pride.
(c) Envy.
(d) Security.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an element the unnamed narrator notices about the qualities of the place to which G. has taken him for their conversation?

2. Which letter of the alphabet does G. use to refer to his friend on whom he has a crush?

3. How many exemplary poems does the unnamed narrator traditionally keep displayed on the back wall of his classroom?

4. What new topic does the unnamed narrator introduce when the first topic of conversation with G. falls flat?

5. In what location does Gospodar order the unnamed narrator to undress in the section entitled "Gospodar"?

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