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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator depicts his break-up with R. as having taken place through which communication method?

2. To what type of establishment does R. lead a reluctant unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?

3. How many women belong to the cohort of Bulgarian writers at the festival?

4. The unnamed narrator tells the reader that he would like to take what action in relation to R. in "Cleanness"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. To what event does the title of the section called "The Frog King" refer?

2. What does the unnamed narrator usually do during his breaks from teaching at the high school?

3. What does R. plan to do once the trip depicted in "A Valediction" is over?

4. When the section entitled "Harbor" begins, at which sight is the unnamed narrator gazing?

5. To what destination do the unnamed narrator and R. travel for a day trip during their vacation in Italy?

6. For what reason has the narrator traveled to the location depicted in the section entitled "Harbor"?

7. In what way does Greenwell clearly want the reader to see the unnamed narrator's comparison of Portugal and Bulgaria as flawed?

8. How does the unnamed narrator describe the abilities of the sea to affect one's perceptions?

9. What object does R. clutch proudly as he rides the train with the unnamed narrator in "The Frog King"?

10. To what location do the unnamed narrator and R. travel together during R.'s winter break in "The Frog King"?

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