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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. The unnamed narrator tells the reader that he would like to take what action in relation to R. in "Cleanness"?

2. Who wants to attend the light show after the conclusion of the opera performance in "A Valediction"?

3. What is the second ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?

4. How does R. feel about the country where he was born and raised?

5. Which feature of R.'s appearance is said to pour a particular feeling "over everything" (97) he and the unnamed narrator do together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tsaravets, the site depicted in the section called "A Valediction"?

2. What does the unnamed narrator usually do during his breaks from teaching at the high school?

3. How does the unnamed narrator describe the abilities of the sea to affect one's perceptions?

4. To what location do the unnamed narrator and R. travel together during R.'s winter break in "The Frog King"?

5. What action does the priest in "Harbor" take that frightens the other members of the group?

6. In what way does Greenwell return to the symbol of wind in the section entitled "The Frog King" and what is the wind's significance in this section?

7. For what reason are R. and the unnamed narrator able to spend ten days together in the section entitled "The Frog King"?

8. For what reason is the unnamed narrator's sighting of the Danube River in "A Valediction" significant?

9. What are revealed to have been the circumstances of the split between R. and the unnamed narrator?

10. What special attachment does the unnamed narrator have to the opera Lakme?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Greenwell instills three different humanist messages into 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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