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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 is the pet name used by both R. and the unnamed narrator to refer to one another?

2. What type of sound does R. often make, causing the unnamed narrator to consider it as a sound of "homecoming"? (89)

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

4. What type of meterological event is taking place during the section entitled "Cleanness"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. To what type of location does R. drag the unnamed narrator in "The Frog King" and what experience does the unnamed narrator have as a result?

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

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

4. What ritual do R. and the unnamed narrator always perform when they check into a new hotel room?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Greenwell’s messages about guilt and responsibility within Cleanness.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How is the role of the educator treated within Cleanness and how does its treatment relate to the book's depicted messages?

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