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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 sort of abuse did R. suffer at the hands of one of his father's friends?
(a) Emotional.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Neglect.
(d) Physical.

2. What type of meterological event is taking place during the section entitled "Cleanness"?
(a) Hail.
(b) Rain.
(c) Heat wave.
(d) Wind.

3. Which character runs the website for the festival featured in "Harbor"?
(a) N.
(b) M.
(c) Z.
(d) R.

4. The unnamed narrator admits that the real source of his forgiveness regarding R.'s habitual tardiness is what?
(a) His fear.
(b) His envy.
(c) His own forgetfulness.
(d) His anger.

5. How many minutes after the end of the opera is the light show scheduled to begin?
(a) 10.
(b) 60.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. The section entitled "A Valediction" takes place in the middle of which month?

2. Which character attends a college called the National Sports Academy?

3. 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?

4. R. asks which character to make the decision for him about whether to return to Lisbon?

5. The unnamed narrator is a participant in which type of festival within the section entitled "Harbor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ritual do R. and the unnamed narrator always perform when they check into a new hotel room?

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

3. What are revealed to have been the circumstances of the split between R. and the unnamed narrator?

4. Who calls out “Zapovyadatie” (135) in the city of Rousse, Bulgaria, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In what way does Greenwell return to the symbol of wind in the section entitled "The Frog King" and what is the wind's significance in this section?

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