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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Tsavarets, according to the unnamed narrator?
(a) A prison.
(b) A fortress.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A museum.

2. The unnamed narrator likes to think that his easygoing nature about R.'s habitual tardiness is a result of what?
(a) His upbringing.
(b) His patience.
(c) His love for R.
(d) His relaxed nature.

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

4. R. leads the unnamed narrator to what type of location, where the unnamed narrator sees something he feels contains "a promise for" (120) him?
(a) A pizza parlor.
(b) A town square.
(c) A bank.
(d) A museum.

5. 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 replace the lightbulbs.
(c) The unnamed narrator puts his head on R.'s chest.
(d) They kiss in front of the main window.

6. Mladost, the setting of the section entitled "Cleanness" is what type of location?
(a) A neighborhood.
(b) A province.
(c) A city.
(d) A prefecture.

7. 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.

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

9. What article of clothing does R. give to himself and to the unnamed narrator in the section entitled "The Frog King"?
(a) A belt.
(b) A pair of earmuffs.
(c) A hat.
(d) A scarf.

10. To how many people had R. come out as a gay man before he met the unnamed narrator?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

11. The youngest cast member in the opera entitled Lakme that is attended by the unnamed narrator and R. in "A Valediction" is of what age?
(a) 20s.
(b) Teens.
(c) 40s.
(d) 30s.

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

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

14. For how many minutes does the light show at Tsaravets generally last?
(a) 15.
(b) 45.
(c) 30.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of abuse did R. suffer at the hands of one of his father's friends?

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

3. When the section entitled "Harbor" begins, how long has it been since the unnamed narrator has seen the sea?

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

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