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

2. How many days together do R. and the unnamed narrator have in front of them when "The Frog King" begins?

3. The meteorological event mentioned in the section entitled "Cleanness" is said to have come from which continent?

4. What type of transportation are the unnamed narrator and R. using when "A Valediction" opens?

5. What type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What object does R. clutch proudly as he rides the train with the unnamed narrator in "The Frog King"?

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

5. In what way does Greenwell clearly want the reader to see the unnamed narrator's comparison of Portugal and Bulgaria as flawed?

6. To what destination do the unnamed narrator and R. travel for a day trip during their vacation in Italy?

7. Who calls out “Zapovyadatie” (135) in the city of Rousse, Bulgaria, and why?

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

9. What ritual do R. and the unnamed narrator always perform when they check into a new hotel room?

10. For what reason has the narrator traveled to the location depicted in the section entitled "Harbor"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of Cleanness and analyze Greenwell’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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