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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 meteorological event mentioned in the section entitled "Cleanness" is said to have come from which continent?
2. To how many people had R. come out as a gay man before he met the unnamed narrator?
3. Which European river has the unnamed narrator just seen in "A Valediction," at which point he describes it as the first river he has seen that is comparable in size "to those [he] had grown up beside in America"? (133)
4. To what type of establishment does R. lead a reluctant unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?
5. About how many feet tall is the Christmas tree R. and the unnamed narrator bring home on the train in "The Frog King"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the unnamed narrator usually do during his breaks from teaching at the high school?
2. About what subject does the unnamed narrator teach R. in the section entitled "A Valediction"?
3. Describe the unnamed narrator's story about how he and R. first met one another.
4. To what destination do the unnamed narrator and R. travel for a day trip during their vacation in Italy?
5. 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?
6. In what way is R. different from the men the unnamed narrator has dated before, as depicted in Part II, Loving R.: "Cleanness"?
7. What is Tsaravets, the site depicted in the section called "A Valediction"?
8. To what element of R.'s personality does the title of the section called "Cleanness" refer?
9. What are revealed to have been the circumstances of the split between R. and the unnamed narrator?
10. To what event does the title of the section called "The Frog King" refer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the book Cleanness and how does their treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Greenwell’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within 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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