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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does the unnamed narrator always glean from the experience of "being made an object" (32)?

2. How many exemplary poems does the unnamed narrator traditionally keep displayed on the back wall of his classroom?

3. What term does G. use to refer to the unnamed narrator, causing him to be startled?

4. What action does Gospodar take that leads the unnamed narrator to feel the action "like a spark along the track" (30) of the narrator's spine?

5. How many classes of 12th graders does the unnamed narrator teach in the narrative present of "Mentor"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the source of G.'s heartbreak, as depicted in the section called "Mentor"?

4. In what way does Greenwell go about depicting a vivid portrait of the city of Sofia?

5. 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?

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

7. What information about the unnamed narrator's father has been revealed by the time "Decent People" comes to a close?

8. In what way does the unnamed narrator draw a connection between the role of a teacher and the mysterious nature of a teacher's impact?

9. Who or what is Gospodar, as depicted in the section of the same name?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Greenwell’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Cleanness.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the effects of stress on the book's characters and the coping methods each character uses to deal with emotional turmoil. Which characters' methods are effective, which are ineffective, and how do these varying levels of efficiency affect the messages sent by Greenwell within the text?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Greenwell’s book Cleanness. What message is Greenwell sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

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