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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 52 - 77).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sister who is no longer there, now that she is gone, in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) A painting in shadow.
(b) A memory.
(c) An empty chair, or simply air.
(d) A song.

2. Where does the spider really like to be in the house in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On the windowsill.
(c) Under the couch.
(d) Under the bookcase.

3. Which people are at the far end of the table right next to the door in "At the Translation Conference"?
(a) Those who deal in hazards.
(b) The modernists.
(c) The priests.
(d) The wizards.

4. What question does the speaker ask the dead sister in the Coda of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Can you see the sunset, still?
(b) Are you in pain?
(c) Are you a flower or a well?
(d) If you were a song, what song would you be?

5. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) Calm.
(b) Fancy.
(c) Impossible.
(d) Trying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say humans are in "Fatal Light Awareness"?

2. What are the minds of the jack-o-lanterns filled with in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

3. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

4. What kind of getups do the new werewolves wear in "Update on Werewolves"?

5. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

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