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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 are the Azores, where R. grew up in Portugal?
2. A figure created in the image of which creature is burned at the New Year celebration during the vacation the unnamed narrator and R. take together?
3. What sort of weather element does the unnamed narrator paint as an adversary of security?
4. The unnamed narrator wonders whether R. is coming to their scheduled meet-up how many minutes after the agreed-upon time in "Cleanness"?
5. Which character runs the website for the festival featured in "Harbor"?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason is the unnamed narrator's sighting of the Danube River in "A Valediction" significant?
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 is Tsaravets, the site depicted in the section called "A Valediction"?
4. What does R. plan to do once the trip depicted in "A Valediction" is over?
5. When the section entitled "Harbor" begins, at which sight is the unnamed narrator gazing?
6. Describe the unnamed narrator's story about how he and R. first met one another.
7. How does the unnamed narrator describe the abilities of the sea to affect one's perceptions?
8. What does the unnamed narrator usually do during his breaks from teaching at the high school?
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. For what reason are R. and the unnamed narrator able to spend ten days together in the section entitled "The Frog King"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of family within the text Cleanness. What types of family relationships are represented and how does Greenwell use their variety to inform many of the work's themes?
Essay Topic 2
All of the characters in the book have specific yet varied relationships with money. Examine the theme of money in the text and how it affects the various characters.
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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