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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 103 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Purple and striated.
(b) Blue and yellow.
(c) Black and striped and slippery.
(d) Red.

2. How is time laid out in the poem "Salt"?
(a) Like a photo album.
(b) Like a movie.
(c) Like a diagram.
(d) Like a picnic.

3. What is the problem with the silver slippers in "Silver Slippers"?
(a) They have holes in them.
(b) All of their wishes have been used up.
(c) They are too tight.
(d) They are actually gold, not silver.

4. What new type of era does the speaker in "Plasticene Suite" define?
(a) The Glycoblast.
(b) The Moderncene.
(c) The Plasticene.
(d) The Genocene.

5. Who is in bed together in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) Your cat.
(b) No one.
(c) Your lover and your friend.
(d) Your spouse and your best friend's spouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the defining foliage of the oil age in "Plasticene Suite"?

2. What does the speaker say her passport photos looks like in the poem "Passports"?

3. What two things is "he" afraid of in "Fear of Birds"?

4. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

5. What is the woman working with in the poem "A Genre Painting"?

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