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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. Who wants to attend the light show after the conclusion of the opera performance in "A Valediction"?
(a) R. and the unnamed narrator.
(b) R.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) Neither R. nor the unnamed narrator.

2. Mladost, the setting of the section entitled "Cleanness" is what type of location?
(a) A neighborhood.
(b) A city.
(c) A prefecture.
(d) A province.

3. 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) R. sits on the unnamed narrator's lap.
(c) They replace the lightbulbs.
(d) The unnamed narrator puts his head on R.'s chest.

4. The unnamed narrator states in "A Valediction" that before meeting R., he had never desired which element in his relationships?
(a) Permanence.
(b) Tenderness.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Monogamy.

5. The unnamed narrator states that the sight and sound of the sea drown out all what?
(a) Apprehension.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Gloom.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What kinds of classes were reportedly the only ones R. enjoyed in high school?

3. How old was R. when he and the unnamed narrator met one another?

4. During the break-up conversation between R. and the unnamed narrator, which adjective did R. use to describe their relationship?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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