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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Checkpoints - For His Wife.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alfonso say he is answerable in “Alfonso Stands Answerable”?
(a) He shoots an officer.
(b) He hides behind his wife.
(c) He runs away down the street.
(d) He threatens his neighbors.

2. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?
(a) They are sweet and innocent.
(b) They are all requests for him to join her in bed.
(c) They are the words of a young bride.
(d) They kind and gentle.

3. What is the purpose of “Dramatis Personae”?
(a) To give incite into the drama of the poems to come.
(b) To introduce the poet.
(c) To tell about the dramatic personalities in the poet's life.
(d) To introduce the characters in the collection of poems.

4. What do Sonya and Alfonso teach others in Central Square?
(a) Dance.
(b) Russian.
(c) Sign language.
(d) Puppetry.

5. What does Alfonso drink after Sonya is murdered?
(a) Wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what poem does the country wake up the next day and, in the name of Petya, refuse to hear the soldiers in the streets?

2. Who does Alfonso say picks breadcrumbs from each citizen’s eyes and watches their legs as they run and fall?

3. In “Still Newlyweds,” Alfonso says that when Sonya steps out of the shower, it does what?

4. In “We Lived Happily during the War,” America is described as falling how?

5. In “Question,” what is the response when the speaker asks the question, “What is a child”?

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