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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 part of himself does the unnamed narrator tell the reader that he has hated throughout his life?

2. The culmination of the Changes in Bulgaria involved the fall of what type of political system?

3. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe G.'s physical appearance?

4. How does the unnamed narrator feel when he realizes that Gospodar is not going to send him away?

5. The unnamed narrator states that the best thing about his favorite websites is that they demonstrate that people are never what in their desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Greenwell go about depicting a vivid portrait of the city of Sofia?

2. In what way does the unnamed narrator use a simile to indicate when his conversation with G. has gone cold?

3. For what length of time have the unnamed narrator and R. been broken up by the time of the events depicted in "Gospodar"?

4. In what way is D.'s experience different than many Bulgarians and why does it lend a degree of heroism to his reputation in Sofia?

5. In what month does the section entitled "Mentor" take place and for what purpose is the unnamed narrator waiting outside of a McDonald's restaurant?

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

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

8. Who is M.?

9. In what way does the unnamed narrator draw a connection between the role of a teacher and the mysterious nature of a teacher's impact?

10. What is the unnamed narrator's reason for participating in the protests depicted in the section entitled "Decent People"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Trace the characterization arc of the unnamed narrator's character throughout the book Cleanness. Discuss whether he is a round or flat character and whether he is a static or dynamic character.

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