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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. 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 museum.
(b) A bank.
(c) A pizza parlor.
(d) A town square.

2. How many days together do R. and the unnamed narrator have in front of them when "The Frog King" begins?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

3. The unnamed narrator depicts his break-up with R. as having taken place through which communication method?
(a) Video chat.
(b) Letter.
(c) Text message.
(d) Phone call.

4. The unnamed narrator describes a particular feature of R.'s appearance as pouring "a kind of" what "over everything" (97) he does?
(a) His aura.
(b) His energy.
(c) His smile.
(d) His gaze.

5. What type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)
(a) A groan.
(b) A grunt.
(c) A chuckle.
(d) A grumble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mladost, the setting of the section entitled "Cleanness" is what type of location?

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

3. How many minutes after the end of the opera is the light show scheduled to begin?

4. How does R. feel about the country where he was born and raised?

5. What is the second ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Describe the unnamed narrator's story about how he and R. first met one another.

6. In what way is R. different from the men the unnamed narrator has dated before, as depicted in Part II, Loving R.: "Cleanness"?

7. 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?

8. What special attachment does the unnamed narrator have to the opera Lakme?

9. For what reason is the unnamed narrator's sighting of the Danube River in "A Valediction" significant?

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

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