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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. At the time of the events depicted in "Harbor," the unnamed narrator has had no contact with R. for what length of time?
2. How does R. feel about the country where he was born and raised?
3. The unnamed narrator tells the reader that he would like to take what action in relation to R. in "Cleanness"?
4. What sort of abuse did R. suffer at the hands of one of his father's friends?
5. The unnamed narrator depicts his break-up with R. as having taken place through which communication method?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason is the unnamed narrator's sighting of the Danube River in "A Valediction" significant?
2. About what subject does the unnamed narrator teach R. in the section entitled "A Valediction"?
3. What does the unnamed narrator usually do during his breaks from teaching at the high school?
4. When the section entitled "Harbor" begins, at which sight is the unnamed narrator gazing?
5. What special attachment does the unnamed narrator have to the opera Lakme?
6. To what event does the title of the section called "The Frog King" refer?
7. What does R. plan to do once the trip depicted in "A Valediction" is over?
8. Describe the unnamed narrator's story about how he and R. first met one another.
9. To what type of location does R. drag the unnamed narrator in "The Frog King" and what experience does the unnamed narrator have as a result?
10. Who calls out “Zapovyadatie” (135) in the city of Rousse, Bulgaria, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently by Greenwell in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Cleanness. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Greenwell’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss Greenwell’s messages about guilt and responsibility within Cleanness.
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