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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what location do the unnamed narrator and R. spend a number of days together during R.'s winter vacation?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Bologna.
(d) Paris.

2. In which year did Tsaravets fall, according to the unnamed narrator in "A Valediction"?
(a) 1548.
(b) 1301.
(c) 1393.
(d) 1637.

3. R. leads the unnamed narrator to what type of location, where the unnamed narrator sees something he feels contains "a promise for" (120) him?
(a) A museum.
(b) A bank.
(c) A pizza parlor.
(d) A town square.

4. What sort of weather element does the unnamed narrator paint as an adversary of security?
(a) Hail.
(b) Snow.
(c) Wind.
(d) Rain.

5. At the time of the events depicted in "Harbor," the unnamed narrator has had no contact with R. for what length of time?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 2 months.

6. What type of transportation are the unnamed narrator and R. using when "A Valediction" opens?
(a) Tandem bicycle.
(b) Plane.
(c) Train.
(d) Car.

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

8. Who wants to attend the light show after the conclusion of the opera performance in "A Valediction"?
(a) Neither R. nor the unnamed narrator.
(b) The unnamed narrator.
(c) R. and the unnamed narrator.
(d) R.

9. To how many people had R. come out as a gay man before he met the unnamed narrator?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

10. What is Tsavarets, according to the unnamed narrator?
(a) A prison.
(b) A museum.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A fortress.

11. The unnamed narrator states that the sight and sound of the sea drown out all what?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Gloom.
(d) Apprehension.

12. In "A Valediction," the unnamed narrator muses about "the false similarity" (140) between which two words?
(a) Flee and flea.
(b) Elder and older.
(c) Ardor and order.
(d) Ardor and arduous.

13. During the break-up conversation between R. and the unnamed narrator, which adjective did R. use to describe their relationship?
(a) Impossible.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Numbing.
(d) Unfulfilling.

14. What is the second ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?
(a) They kiss in front of the main window.
(b) They replace the lightbulbs.
(c) The unnamed narrator puts his head on R.'s chest.
(d) R. sits on the unnamed narrator's lap.

15. When R. arrives to meet up with the unnamed narrator in the section entitled "Cleanness," what article of clothing is he NOT wearing?
(a) Winter coat.
(b) Hat.
(c) Windbreaker.
(d) Scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first ritual the unnamed narrator and R. always enact when they reach a new hotel together?

2. The unnamed narrator describes R's beauty as being "stripped of" (89) what?

3. The unnamed narrator states in "A Valediction" that before meeting R., he had never desired which element in his relationships?

4. For how many minutes does the light show at Tsaravets generally last?

5. What sort of abuse did R. suffer at the hands of one of his father's friends?

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