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

2. What is the pet name used by both R. and the unnamed narrator to refer to one another?

3. How does R. feel about the country where he was born and raised?

4. R. asks which character to make the decision for him about whether to return to Lisbon?

5. Which character attends a college called the National Sports Academy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are revealed to have been the circumstances of the split between R. and the unnamed narrator?

5. To what event does the title of the section called "The Frog King" refer?

6. To what element of R.'s personality does the title of the section called "Cleanness" refer?

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

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

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

10. About what subject does the unnamed narrator teach R. in the section entitled "A Valediction"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Greenwell's choice to tell the story of Cleanness using the first person point-of-view wielded by an unnamed narrator. What elements of the book's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Greenwell’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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