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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melpomene: Tragedy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tutor do when the brother refuses to obey?
(a) Drags him away from the demonstration.
(b) Strikes him across the face.
(c) Yells for the speaker's uncle.
(d) Leaves the house.

2. What happens during Guan Soon's 16th year?
(a) The Japanese conspire to overthrow the Korean monarchy,
(b) The Korean nationals go into exile.
(c) Revolutionaries drive the Japanese out of Korea.
(d) The Japanese defeat the Koreans in battle.

3. Which of the following is silent during "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The swan.
(c) Paragraphs and phrases.
(d) The narrator's thoughts.

4. What type of illustrations appear in the "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) Portraits of fallen heroes.
(b) Photographs of women.
(c) Large Korean characters.
(d) Medical diagrams.

5. Which of the following images does the narrator use to describe the bombs as her mother described them to her?
(a) The shiny backs of insects.
(b) The metallic sheen of black ice.
(c) Silent explosions on the television.
(d) Swans mid swan-dive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mother repay her college loans?

2. What is placed on the tongue in the Opening?

3. What ritual occurs in the Opening?

4. How many years of history were lost during the Japanese occupation?

5. How do the children greet Mother upon her return?

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