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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 do the unnamed narrator and R. spend a number of days together during R.'s winter vacation?

2. What does the Bulgarian term "skupi" (89) mean in English?

3. The section entitled "Cleanness" takes place in the middle of which month?

4. When R. arrives to meet up with the unnamed narrator in the section entitled "Cleanness," what article of clothing is he NOT wearing?

5. At the time of the events depicted in "Cleanness," what subject is R. studying at college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the unnamed narrator's story about how he and R. first met one another.

4. What does R. plan to do once the trip depicted in "A Valediction" is over?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the role of the educator treated within Cleanness and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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