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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of the events depicted in "Harbor," the unnamed narrator has had no contact with R. for what length of time?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 months.

2. To what type of establishment does R. lead a reluctant unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?
(a) An art museum.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A pub.
(d) A hair salon.

3. The unnamed narrator lies to R. in "A Valediction" about what aspect of their long-distance relationship?
(a) Its viability.
(b) Its longevity.
(c) Its significance.
(d) Its depth.

4. How many minutes after the end of the opera is the light show scheduled to begin?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

5. The festival featured in "Harbor" lasts what length of time?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 3 days.

6. The unnamed narrator states that the sight and sound of the sea drown out all what?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Gloom.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Apprehension.

7. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe R.'s reaction to the opera performance?
(a) Awed.
(b) Bemused.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Bored.

8. What does the Bulgarian term "skupi" (89) mean in English?
(a) Lord or master.
(b) Mad or of unsound mind.
(c) Rich or of a higher class.
(d) Dear or of great price.

9. What type of transportation are the unnamed narrator and R. using when "A Valediction" opens?
(a) Train.
(b) Plane.
(c) Tandem bicycle.
(d) Car.

10. Which feature of R.'s appearance is said to pour a particular feeling "over everything" (97) he and the unnamed narrator do together?
(a) His eyebrows.
(b) His dimples.
(c) His smile.
(d) His button nose.

11. The unnamed narrator take the train for a day trip to what city during their European vacation featured in "The Frog King"?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Venice.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

12. A figure created in the image of which creature is burned at the New Year celebration during the vacation the unnamed narrator and R. take together?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A spider.
(d) A frog.

13. R. asks which character to make the decision for him about whether to return to Lisbon?
(a) N.
(b) The unnamed narrator.
(c) M.
(d) Z.

14. The unnamed narrator states in "A Valediction" that before meeting R., he had never desired which element in his relationships?
(a) Permanence.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Monogamy.
(d) Tenderness.

15. The unnamed narrator describes R's beauty as being "stripped of" (89) what?
(a) Self-regard.
(b) Guile.
(c) Self-confidence.
(d) Self-pity.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many minutes does the light show at Tsaravets generally last?

2. What is Tsavarets, according to the unnamed narrator?

3. At the time of the events depicted in "Cleanness," what subject is R. studying at college?

4. In what country was R. born and raised?

5. The unnamed narrator claims, "There's no such thing as a professional" what "in Bulgaria" (155)?

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