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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. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what is happening to the puppet lying near Petya?
(a) It is being protected by Sonya.
(b) Its mouth is filling with snow.
(c) It is being trampled by the soldiers.
(d) It is dangling from its strings.

2. For whom is Alfonso looking for initially in “4 a.m. Bombardment”?
(a) A man that resembles him.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A soldier.
(d) His child.

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

4. In “Central Square,” those who are arrested are forced to walk how?
(a) Chained together.
(b) With their feet chained together.
(c) Backward.
(d) With their arms up.

5. Alfonso says that who have something to tell that not even they can hear?
(a) Children.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) Ordinary people.
(d) The deaf.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. To what does the speaker say is the only barricade for the townspeople?

5. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom is he answerable?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in “Arrival”?

2. In "Dramatis Personae," the speaker describes the characters that will be found in the poem. Who are two of the characters, and how are they described?

3. In “Alfonso Stands Answerable,” to whom does Alfonso say he is answerable?

4. In “Lullaby,” what does Alfonso say will protect his daughter?

5. In “4 a.m. Bombardment,” what is Alfonso doing?

6. In “Alfonso, in Snow,” what does the speaker say about himself?

7. What is the topic of both “Of Weddings before the War” and “Still Newlyweds”?

8. What does Alfonso say about his and his wife’s bathing ritual?

9. In “The Townspeople Circle the Boy’s Body,” what do the townspeople do to protect Petya’s body?

10. In “4 a.m. Bombardment,” as the morning begins and the town comes to life what are the soldiers doing? What is Alfonso doing?

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