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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. In what location did B.'s parents have a second home to which he brought his friends one weekend?

2. In what location did D. complete his undergraduate and graduate studies?

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

4. What is NOT an element the unnamed narrator notices about the qualities of the place to which G. has taken him for their conversation?

5. Which element of G.'s poem does he deem to be all wrong during his conversation with the unnamed narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

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

Discuss Greenwell's choice to tell the story of Cleanness using the first person point-of-view wielded by an unnamed narrator. What elements of the book's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Greenwell’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Greenwell instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Cleanness.

Essay Topic 3

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

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