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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. From what country does the unnamed narrator originally hail?

3. What part of the unnamed narrator's body does Gospodar bite when the unnamed narrator tells him to stop?

4. At what landmark in front of a McDonald's restaurant does the unnamed narrator meet G. in the section entitled "Mentor"?

5. What color is the defining feature of the landmark the unnamed narrator generally uses to navigate toward home?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What landmark does the unnamed narrator always use to find his dwelling in Sofia and what are its attributes?

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

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

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

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

7. In what way do G.'s assumptions about the American LGBTQ community make him feel isolated?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Greenwell’s book Cleanness. What message is Greenwell sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss R.'s role within the events of the book and explain how his character helps to further develop certain themes inherent in Greenwell's piece.

Essay Topic 3

What message does Greenwell send within the pages of Cleanness concerning the disparity between appearance and reality?

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