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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 sort of abuse did R. suffer at the hands of one of his father's friends?
2. What sort of weather element does the unnamed narrator paint as an adversary of security?
3. What game is being played by the writers featured in the section called "Harbor"?
4. The unnamed narrator describes a particular feature of R.'s appearance as pouring "a kind of" what "over everything" (97) he does?
5. At the time of the events depicted in "Cleanness," what subject is R. studying at college?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. To what event does the title of the section called "The Frog King" refer?
3. To what destination do the unnamed narrator and R. travel for a day trip during their vacation in Italy?
4. To what element of R.'s personality does the title of the section called "Cleanness" refer?
5. For what reason is the unnamed narrator's sighting of the Danube River in "A Valediction" significant?
6. In what way does Greenwell clearly want the reader to see the unnamed narrator's comparison of Portugal and Bulgaria as flawed?
7. How does the unnamed narrator describe the abilities of the sea to affect one's perceptions?
8. 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?
9. What action does the priest in "Harbor" take that frightens the other members of the group?
10. Who calls out “Zapovyadatie” (135) in the city of Rousse, Bulgaria, and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Cleanness and what is Greenwell’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Greenwell’s book Cleanness. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the book.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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