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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

In Proposition 216, what is being commemorated? (from Propositions 209 - 240)

September 11th, 2001.

January 1st, 2000: the new millennium.

The day “you” left the speaker.

The 2001 world economic slowdown.

2.

Why is it important that the last two clauses of Proposition 238 use the conditional past perfect verb tense? (from Propositions 209 - 240)

The tense is used to deliberately confuse the reader.

The tense implies that the speaker has moved on.

The tense implies the speaker still misses “you.”

The tense’s complexity symbolizes the difficulty of the speaker’s conclusion.

3.

Why does the speaker claim the label of “spiritual cripple” that a critic once leveled at Sei Shōnagon (#124)? (from Propositions 99 - 133)

She feels an affinity for the lack of spiritual contemplation in Shōnagon’s book.

She wants to remove the hierarchy between spiritual concerns, considered valuable, and temporal concerns, considered trivial.

She feels an affinity for the vindictiveness of Shōnagon’s book.

She wants to challenge the way male critics accuse female writers of shallowness.

4.

Why does the speaker always call the biologist “the expert on guppy menopause”? (from Propositions 22 - 62)

It demonstrates the speaker’s disregard for science.

It explains why she goes to him with her questions about color.

It both acknowledges and trivializes his expertise.

It shows how out of place the speaker feels in academic settings.

5.

Why is the phrase “the fundamental impermanence of all things” placed in quotation marks every time it appears in the poem? (from Propositions 181 - 208)

It is a line of dialogue.

It is a quotation from a poem.

It is a mantra the speaker repeats to herself.

It is a reference to eastern religions, particularly Zen Buddhism.

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