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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section entitled "Decent People," the unnamed narrator runs into someone named M. Who is M.?
(a) The unnamed narrator's roommate.
(b) The unnamed narrator's cousin.
(c) The unnamed narrator's student.
(d) The unnamed narrator's friend.

2. What landmark does the unnamed narrator always use to navigate toward home?
(a) Nevsky Square.
(b) Nevsky Lake.
(c) Nevsky Cathedral.
(d) The river Nevsky.

3. What object does Gospodar use to whip the unnamed narrator's back as they engage in a sexual encounter?
(a) A riding crop.
(b) A cat-o'-nine-tails.
(c) A whip.
(d) A belt.

4. The taxi driver in "Decent People" says that he and his peers felt which overwhelming emotion in their youth?
(a) Hope.
(b) Malaise.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Sadness.

5. What term does G. use to refer to the unnamed narrator, causing him to be startled?
(a) His surname.
(b) Teach.
(c) His first name.
(d) Professor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gospodar is Bulgarian for which English word or words?

2. In what type of abode does Gospodar live?

3. In what location did D. complete his undergraduate and graduate studies?

4. What is the first command Gospodar gives to the unnamed narrator once he enters the apartment?

5. The unnamed narrator asserts that his relationship with which character had always lacked the feeling "of being made an object" (32)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What aspect of the unnamed narrator's arrival at the apartment depicted in "Gospodar" is designed to be humiliating and why?

2. For what length of time have the unnamed narrator and R. been broken up by the time of the events depicted in "Gospodar"?

3. In what way is D.'s experience different than many Bulgarians and why does it lend a degree of heroism to his reputation in Sofia?

4. What subject does the unnamed narrator bring up when the conversation goes cold early on in "Mentor"?

5. How does the unnamed narrator describe the feeling he always gets when he "loses track" (22) of his place in the world?

6. What is the unnamed narrator's reason for participating in the protests depicted in the section entitled "Decent People"?

7. In what way is foreshadowing utilized within the section entitled "Gospodar"?

8. What landmark does the unnamed narrator always use to find his dwelling in Sofia and what are its attributes?

9. In what month does the section entitled "Mentor" take place and for what purpose is the unnamed narrator waiting outside of a McDonald's restaurant?

10. What feeling does the unnamed narrator experience with Gospodar, while noting that he had never experienced it with R.?

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