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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through II, Loving R.: "A Valediction" and III: "Harbor".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many feet tall is the Christmas tree R. and the unnamed narrator bring home on the train in "The Frog King"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. What object does the unnamed narrator break in an attempt to procure an escape from Gospodar, who has just raped him?
(a) A window.
(b) A lock.
(c) A headboard.
(d) A vase.

3. For how many minutes does the light show at Tsaravets generally last?
(a) 45.
(b) 5.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

4. Which character attends a college called the National Sports Academy?
(a) G.
(b) R.
(c) M.
(d) Z.

5. In what country was R. born and raised?
(a) Germany.
(b) Poland.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Bulgarian word gumichka mean in English?

3. Mladost, the setting of the section entitled "Cleanness" is what type of location?

4. What type of transportation are the unnamed narrator and R. using when "A Valediction" opens?

5. Which character is the youngest among the members of the American cohort of writers depicted in "Harbor"?

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