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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. As Sonya shouts, and the townspeople see in her cry and gaping mouth, what does the poet say can be seen?
(a) The evil that has arrived to their town.
(b) Her throat.
(c) The nakedness of the whole nation.
(d) Sonya's pain and anguish.

2. What does Alfonso say is left of Sonya, as she is being pushed around by the soldiers?
(a) Her love for her people.
(b) A puppet that speaks only in sign language.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Her silence.

3. When Alfonso talks to himself, for what does he long?
(a) Sedation.
(b) His wife’s voice.
(c) A new life.
(d) Silence.

4. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” how does the narrator describe the people of town on the first day of arrests?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Brave.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

5. What does Sonya call Alfonso, playfully, In “While the Child Sleeps, Sonya Undresses"?
(a) Stranger.
(b) Pig.
(c) Young man.
(d) Lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Alfonso kill the soldier?

2. 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?

3. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso call his baby?

4. What does Alfonso say about his wife’s words and actions in “Before the War, We Made a Child”?

5. How do the townspeople in “Alfonso Stands Answerable” respond to the police?

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