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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which body part is NOT used by R. or the unnamed narrator as they show one another covert demonstrations of affection at the opera?
(a) Ear.
(b) Elbow.
(c) Knee.
(d) Foot.

2. The section entitled "A Valediction" takes place in the middle of which month?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) August.
(d) January.

3. What is the first ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?
(a) R. jumps on the bed.
(b) The unnamed narrator sits on the windowsill.
(c) They kiss in front of the main window.
(d) They hang their own curtains.

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

5. The unnamed narrator is a participant in which type of festival within the section entitled "Harbor"?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Literary.
(c) Film.
(d) Music.

6. In what country is the city of Rousse, where the unnamed narrator and R. had gone together just before the opening of "Valediction"?
(a) Romania.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) Belgium.
(d) France.

7. What kind of performance is NOT ever held within the walls of Tsaravets, according to the unnamed narrator?
(a) Opera.
(b) Rock concert.
(c) Symphony.
(d) Ballet.

8. In "A Valediction," the unnamed narrator muses about "the false similarity" (140) between which two words?
(a) Ardor and arduous.
(b) Ardor and order.
(c) Elder and older.
(d) Flee and flea.

9. What is the pet name used by both R. and the unnamed narrator to refer to one another?
(a) Flupi.
(b) Skupi.
(c) Corpi.
(d) Morpi.

10. How many days together do R. and the unnamed narrator have in front of them when "The Frog King" begins?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

11. The unnamed narrator educates R. about which literary figure in the section entitled "A Valediction"?
(a) Esther Greenwood.
(b) Dante.
(c) Holden Caulfield.
(d) Orpheus.

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

13. The unnamed narrator claims, "There's no such thing as a professional" what "in Bulgaria" (155)?
(a) Soccer player.
(b) Writer.
(c) Influencer.
(d) Artist.

14. How old was R. when he and the unnamed narrator met one another?
(a) 27.
(b) 19.
(c) 25.
(d) 21.

15. When the section entitled "Harbor" begins, how long has it been since the unnamed narrator has seen the sea?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. In which year did Tsaravets fall, according to the unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?

4. The unnamed narrator describes a particular feature of R.'s appearance as pouring "a kind of" what "over everything" (97) he does?

5. What sort of weather element does the unnamed narrator paint as an adversary of security?

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