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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. What sort of abuse did R. suffer at the hands of one of his father's friends?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Physical.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Emotional.

2. What type of meterological event is taking place during the section entitled "Cleanness"?
(a) Heat wave.
(b) Hail.
(c) Wind.
(d) Rain.

3. What type of animal is Lilliyana, the animal sought out and fed periodically by the unnamed narrator and R.?
(a) A dog.
(b) A crow.
(c) A cat.
(d) A raccoon.

4. The section entitled "Cleanness" takes place in the middle of which month?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) October.
(d) January.

5. What type of people in Rousse are said to call out "Zapovyadaite" (135)?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Protesters.
(c) Children.
(d) Wives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The unnamed narrator depicts his break-up with R. as having taken place through which communication method?

3. The unnamed narrator take the train for a day trip to what city during their European vacation featured in "The Frog King"?

4. What are the Azores, where R. grew up in Portugal?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. For what reason is the unnamed narrator's sighting of the Danube River in "A Valediction" significant?

4. To what location do the unnamed narrator and R. travel together during R.'s winter break in "The Frog King"?

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

6. What does the unnamed narrator usually do during his breaks from teaching at the high school?

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

8. In what way is R. different from the men the unnamed narrator has dated before, as depicted in Part II, Loving R.: "Cleanness"?

9. Who calls out “Zapovyadatie” (135) in the city of Rousse, Bulgaria, and why?

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

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