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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 what country is the city of Rousse, where the unnamed narrator and R. had gone together just before the opening of "Valediction"?
(a) Romania.
(b) Belgium.
(c) France.
(d) Bulgaria.

2. The meteorological event mentioned in the section entitled "Cleanness" is said to have come from which continent?
(a) Asia.
(b) South America.
(c) Africa.
(d) Australia.

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 article of clothing does R. give to himself and to the unnamed narrator in the section entitled "The Frog King"?
(a) A pair of earmuffs.
(b) A belt.
(c) A hat.
(d) A scarf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator describes a particular feature of R.'s appearance as pouring "a kind of" what "over everything" (97) he does?

2. Which character attends a college called the National Sports Academy?

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

4. What type of familiar frozen food does R. seek out in order to remind him of Lisbon?

5. To how many people had R. come out as a gay man before he met the unnamed narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object does R. clutch proudly as he rides the train with the unnamed narrator in "The Frog King"?

2. What action does the priest in "Harbor" take that frightens the other members of the group?

3. For what reason are R. and the unnamed narrator able to spend ten days together in the section entitled "The Frog King"?

4. To what event does the title of the section called "The Frog King" refer?

5. What is Tsaravets, the site depicted in the section called "A Valediction"?

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

7. How does the unnamed narrator describe the abilities of the sea to affect one's perceptions?

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. When the section entitled "Harbor" begins, at which sight is the unnamed narrator gazing?

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

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