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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?
(a) R. sits on the unnamed narrator's lap.
(b) They kiss in front of the main window.
(c) The unnamed narrator puts his head on R.'s chest.
(d) They replace the lightbulbs.

2. 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 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 2 months.

3. The meteorological event mentioned in the section entitled "Cleanness" is said to have come from which continent?
(a) Australia.
(b) Asia.
(c) Africa.
(d) South America.

4. Who wants to attend the light show after the conclusion of the opera performance in "A Valediction"?
(a) R.
(b) R. and the unnamed narrator.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) Neither R. nor the unnamed narrator.

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

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

7. The unnamed narrator wonders whether R. is coming to their scheduled meet-up how many minutes after the agreed-upon time in "Cleanness"?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

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

9. In what location do the unnamed narrator and R. spend a number of days together during R.'s winter vacation?
(a) Paris.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Bologna.
(d) Brussels.

10. 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) Tenderness.
(d) Monogamy.

11. What type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)
(a) A grumble.
(b) A chuckle.
(c) A grunt.
(d) A groan.

12. What sort of weather element does the unnamed narrator paint as an adversary of security?
(a) Rain.
(b) Wind.
(c) Snow.
(d) Hail.

13. Which European river has the unnamed narrator just seen in "A Valediction," at which point he describes it as the first river he has seen that is comparable in size "to those [he] had grown up beside in America"? (133)
(a) Danube.
(b) Volga.
(c) Rhine.
(d) Seine.

14. How does R. feel about the country where he was born and raised?
(a) He prizes it only during holidays.
(b) He loves it.
(c) He hates it.
(d) He is ambivalent about it.

15. At the time of the events depicted in "Cleanness," what subject is R. studying at college?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Physical therapy.
(c) Literature.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator silently agrees with R.'s conclusion that one can never be sure of which element of one's own desire?

2. How old was R. when he and the unnamed narrator met one another?

3. What type of people in Rousse are said to call out "Zapovyadaite" (135)?

4. Which feature of R.'s appearance is said to pour a particular feeling "over everything" (97) he and the unnamed narrator do together?

5. What type of meterological event is taking place during the section entitled "Cleanness"?

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