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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the players have in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Three of a kind.
(b) A straight.
(c) Two pair.
(d) A full house.

2. Brautigan writes in "Man" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster that the man stands five inches taller than what?
(a) A schoolbus.
(b) A taxicab.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A dandelion.

3. What season is it in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

4. Brautigan writes to "burn all the ___ to your body" in "The Double-Bed Dream Gallows" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster.
(a) Maps.
(b) Hair.
(c) Love.
(d) Kisses.

5. What does Brautigan write he wants to shower him with maps in "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Lips.
(b) Arms.
(c) Hair.
(d) Kisses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Above what does Brautigan write "medieval flames like a burning castle" rise in "Your Departure Versus the Hindenburg" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. Brautigan writes of a street lined with trees with intestines like what in "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

3. The poem, "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, talks of deer walking past what?

4. In what year was "The Beautiful Poem" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster written?

5. For whom is "I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what poem from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster does Brautigan cite "Casablanca"? How?

2. What description does Brautigan illustrate in the poem "Poker Star"?

3. What similes and metaphors are used in the poem "Sonnet" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. Discuss the tone of the poem "The Return of the Rivers." What does Brautigan describe here?

5. What qualities are outstanding in the poems of Brautigan in terms of imagery?

6. Describe Brautigan's use of nonsensical, surreal imagery in the poem "Yes, the Fish Music." What is the purpose of the imagery?

7. What is referred to in the poem "1942" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster?

8. Describe the simplicity of the poem "November 3." What is Brautigan's subject in this poem?

9. What is the emotional state of Brautigan in the poem "Boo, Forever"?

10. To what is Brautigan referring in the poem, "The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster"?

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