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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) Neither R. nor the unnamed narrator.
(b) R.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) R. and the unnamed narrator.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) Teens.
(b) 20s.
(c) 40s.
(d) 30s.

5. What does the Bulgarian term "Zapovyadaite" (136) mean?
(a) Welcome.
(b) Hello.
(c) Please.
(d) Run.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of weather element does the unnamed narrator paint as an adversary of security?

2. The unnamed narrator states that the sight and sound of the sea drown out all what?

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

4. What sort of abuse did R. suffer at the hands of one of his father's friends?

5. R. leads the unnamed narrator to what type of location, where the unnamed narrator sees something he feels contains "a promise for" (120) him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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