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

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

3. When R. arrives to meet up with the unnamed narrator in the section entitled "Cleanness," what article of clothing is he NOT wearing?
(a) Scarf.
(b) Windbreaker.
(c) Hat.
(d) Winter coat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The festival featured in "Harbor" lasts what length of time?

2. What type of familiar frozen food does R. seek out in order to remind him of Lisbon?

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

4. The unnamed narrator lies to R. in "A Valediction" about what aspect of their long-distance relationship?

5. In "A Valediction," the unnamed narrator muses about "the false similarity" (140) between which two words?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what type of location does R. drag the unnamed narrator in "The Frog King" and what experience does the unnamed narrator have as a result?

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

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

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

5. What is Tsaravets, the site depicted in the section called "A Valediction"?

6. About what subject does the unnamed narrator teach R. in the section entitled "A Valediction"?

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

8. To what element of R.'s personality does the title of the section called "Cleanness" refer?

9. For what reason are R. and the unnamed narrator able to spend ten days together in the section entitled "The Frog King"?

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

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