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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 type of meterological event is taking place during the section entitled "Cleanness"?
2. A figure created in the image of which creature is burned at the New Year celebration during the vacation the unnamed narrator and R. take together?
3. Who wants to attend the light show after the conclusion of the opera performance in "A Valediction"?
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. How many days together do R. and the unnamed narrator have in front of them when "The Frog King" begins?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the unnamed narrator's story about how he and R. first met one another.
2. For what reason has the narrator traveled to the location depicted in the section entitled "Harbor"?
3. In what way is R. different from the men the unnamed narrator has dated before, as depicted in Part II, Loving R.: "Cleanness"?
4. What does the unnamed narrator usually do during his breaks from teaching at the high school?
5. What ritual do R. and the unnamed narrator always perform when they check into a new hotel room?
6. To what event does the title of the section called "The Frog King" refer?
7. Who calls out “Zapovyadatie” (135) in the city of Rousse, Bulgaria, and why?
8. In what way does Greenwell clearly want the reader to see the unnamed narrator's comparison of Portugal and Bulgaria as flawed?
9. What are revealed to have been the circumstances of the split between R. and the unnamed narrator?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the role of family within the text Cleanness. What types of family relationships are represented and how does Greenwell use their variety to inform many of the work's themes?
Essay Topic 2
All of the characters in the book have specific yet varied relationships with money. Examine the theme of money in the text and how it affects the various characters.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Greenwell’s messages about guilt and responsibility within Cleanness.
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