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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT an element that G. associates with the LGBTQ community in the United States?

2. What term does G. use to describe the LGBTQ community in the United States?

3. The unnamed narrator states that Gospodar is as old as which character?

4. What language does the unnamed narrator use to answer Gospodar's question about what he desires?

5. In what type of abode does Gospodar live?

Short Essay Questions

1. What mistake does G. point out in his own poem and what message is he sending to the unnamed narrator with this admission?

2. What feeling does the unnamed narrator experience with Gospodar, while noting that he had never experienced it with R.?

3. Who is M.?

4. What aspect of the unnamed narrator's arrival at the apartment depicted in "Gospodar" is designed to be humiliating and why?

5. How does the unnamed narrator describe the feeling he always gets when he "loses track" (22) of his place in the world?

6. What information about the unnamed narrator's father has been revealed by the time "Decent People" comes to a close?

7. What is the source of G.'s heartbreak, as depicted in the section called "Mentor"?

8. From what part of the world did the unnamed narrator originally hail?

9. In what way is foreshadowing utilized within the section entitled "Gospodar"?

10. In what ways does the unnamed narrator's sexual partner in "Gospodar" differ from his photographs online and how does the unnamed narrator feel about these discrepancies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the role of the educator treated within Cleanness and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Cleanness and what is Greenwell’s message regarding these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Greenwell's book from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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