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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 realization did G. come to about B. once B. started dating their mutual friend, who was female?

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

3. The protesters featured in "Decent People" meet in front of which landmark?

4. What adjective does the unnamed narrator use to describe Gospodar's face?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What subject does the unnamed narrator bring up when the conversation goes cold early on in "Mentor"?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. Who is M.?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the book Cleanness and how does their treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?

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

Examine the effects of stress on the book's characters and the coping methods each character uses to deal with emotional turmoil. Which characters' methods are effective, which are ineffective, and how do these varying levels of efficiency affect the messages sent by Greenwell within the text?

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