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

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

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

4. Which feature of R.'s appearance is said to pour a particular feeling "over everything" (97) he and the unnamed narrator do together?

5. What kind of performance is NOT ever held within the walls of Tsaravets, according to the unnamed narrator?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

8. Describe the unnamed narrator's story about how he and R. first met one another.

9. To what destination do the unnamed narrator and R. travel for a day trip during their vacation in Italy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the book Cleanness and how does their treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Greenwell in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of Cleanness. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Greenwell’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Greenwell's book from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest hold the most meaning and why?

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