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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. In what country is the city of Rousse, where the unnamed narrator and R. had gone together just before the opening of "Valediction"?
(a) Romania.
(b) Belgium.
(c) France.
(d) Bulgaria.

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

3. Which body part is NOT used by R. or the unnamed narrator as they show one another covert demonstrations of affection at the opera?
(a) Elbow.
(b) Knee.
(c) Foot.
(d) Ear.

4. About how many feet tall is the Christmas tree R. and the unnamed narrator bring home on the train in "The Frog King"?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator take the train for a day trip to what city during their European vacation featured in "The Frog King"?

2. What is the pet name used by both R. and the unnamed narrator to refer to one another?

3. What type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)

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

5. What type of transportation are the unnamed narrator and R. using when "A Valediction" opens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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