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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 object does the unnamed narrator use in a simile to describe the failure of the first topic of conversation during his meeting with G.?

2. In what year did the Changes culminate in Bulgaria, according to the taxi driver in "Decent People"?

3. From what country does the unnamed narrator originally hail?

4. What is NOT an object the unnamed narrator sees in the protesters' possession in "Decent People"?

5. At one point in "Mentor," the unnamed narrator feels himself "drawn more decisively within the compass of" (9) G.'s what?

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. Who or what is Gospodar, as depicted in the section of the same name?

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

4. 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?

5. Who is M.?

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

7. Which aspects of the cafe chosen by G. makes it clear to the unnamed narrator that G. had wanted privacy for their discussion?

8. What major step is the unnamed narrator planning to take at the end of the school year depicted in "Mentor"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of the characters in the book have specific yet varied relationships with money. Examine the theme of money in the text and how it affects the various characters.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Greenwell’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Cleanness.

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the theme of self-exile within Cleanness. What is Greenwell’s message regarding this theme and how do you know?

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