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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does it inspire in the unnamed narrator when he realizes that Gospodar feels "no concern at all" (27) for the unnamed narrator's response to him?
(a) Relief.
(b) Awe.
(c) Security.
(d) Unease.

2. What is the first topic discussed by the unnamed narrator and G. during their arranged meeting?
(a) Romance.
(b) Vacation.
(c) War.
(d) College.

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

4. What language does the unnamed narrator use to answer Gospodar's question about what he desires?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Bulgarian.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what length of time has the unnamed narrator been chatting with Gospodar online before he visits him?

3. What is NOT an element that G. associates with the LGBTQ community in the United States?

4. What does the Bulgarian word gumichka mean in English?

5. The unnamed narrator states that Gospodar is as old as which character?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does the unnamed narrator's sexual partner in "Gospodar" differ from his photographs online and how does the unnamed narrator feel about these discrepancies?

2. What feeling does the unnamed narrator experience with Gospodar, while noting that he had never experienced it with R.?

3. In what way is foreshadowing utilized within the section entitled "Gospodar"?

4. In what way does the unnamed narrator draw a connection between the role of a teacher and the mysterious nature of a teacher's impact?

5. What information about the unnamed narrator's father has been revealed by the time "Decent People" comes to a close?

6. What is the source of G.'s heartbreak, as depicted in the section called "Mentor"?

7. In what way does Greenwell go about depicting a vivid portrait of the city of Sofia?

8. What subject does the unnamed narrator bring up when the conversation goes cold early on in "Mentor"?

9. What emotion does the unnamed narrator feel most strongly when he thinks about having lost R. in the section called "Gospodar"?

10. Which aspects of the cafe chosen by G. makes it clear to the unnamed narrator that G. had wanted privacy for their discussion?

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