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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. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the glory.
(b) For the legends.
(c) For the loot.
(d) For the king's honor.

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

3. What does the editor suggest letting people do in "Editorial Notes"?
(a) Come to their own conclusions.
(b) Buy their own books.
(c) Use the library more.
(d) Eat dinner whenever they want.

4. What is the defining foliage of the oil age in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Rock.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Twigs.

5. What does everyone cry when they see in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Whales"?
(a) The whale carrying her dead calf.
(b) The tangled birds in the sea.
(c) The shark carrying the fish.
(d) The person carrying the dead calf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?

2. What was the speaker's true love once when he was younger in "Hayfoot"?

3. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

4. What is the new name for a dead body in "Disenchanted Corpse"?

5. What crashes into the speaker's window in "Fatal Light Awareness"?

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