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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 78 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What falls and falls in the end of the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) Teardrops.
(c) Ash.
(d) Snow.

2. What do plastics make "clear as whistling" in "The Bright Side"?
(a) Visions seen through plastic contact lenses.
(b) Voices over telephones.
(c) Songs in microphones.
(d) Visions seen through plastic glasses lenses.

3. In Part I of "The Aliens Arrive," what happens?
(a) They die in our atmosphere.
(b) They are small and weak, so we kill them.
(c) They look like us, so we accept them.
(d) They are smarter than us, and carnivorous - you know the rest.

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

5. What happens to whatever the Gods touch in "The Twilight of the Gods"?
(a) It grows.
(b) It turns to dust.
(c) It turns red.
(d) It takes on a life of its own.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker implore the rain to do in "Tracking the Rain"?

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

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

4. Which people are at the far end of the table right next to the door in "At the Translation Conference"?

5. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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