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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I, This Body - Such is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” an unknown speaker says that when homes are bombed, what happens?
(a) People protest, but it is too little too late.
(b) People fight for their freedom.
(c) People will do anything to survive.
(d) People run for cover.

2. In “A Cigarette,” the speaker tells the reader to watch and see how the townspeople of Vasenka do not realize that they are proof of what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Loss.
(c) Love.
(d) Happiness.

3. The speaker says that to live is more than just to love; one must also be what?
(a) Willing to let go.
(b) Willing to learn.
(c) A bit foolish.
(d) Carefree.

4. What are the philosophical words mentioned in “Eulogy”?
(a) We must speak not only of great devastation.
(b) We must always have hope.
(c) To live is to love.
(d) To love is to live.

5. As Petya’s body lies on the asphalt, what does Alfonso wonder?
(a) Why he, Alfonso, is alive.
(b) Why his town is being taken over.
(c) Why people kill other people.
(d) Why Petya had to spit in the Sergeant's face.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what food can people view a naked Sonya?

2. The speaker tells God that he can be found, like what beak, pecking everywhere at astonishment?

3. What do the townspeople do in “A City Like a Guillotine Shivers on Its Way to the Neck” in response to the killing of the soldier?

4. What do the girls steal during all the commotion?

5. How do the soldiers torture Alfonso?

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