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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rilke say poetry is in "Zombie"?
(a) The songs of our ancestors.
(b) The future.
(c) The past that breaks out in our hearts.
(d) The station.

2. What keeps getting thrown out into the sea in our version of "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Oil.
(c) People.
(d) Plants.

3. What do wolf nightmares involve in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Zombies.
(b) Cars.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Trees.

4. What do we hear in the wind's plainsong at the end of "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) The pebbles.
(b) The wind itself.
(c) The souls.
(d) The sea.

5. What happens when the gods frown in "The Twilight of the Gods"?
(a) The weather is bad.
(b) Humans get sick.
(c) The days are longer.
(d) Humans lose knowledge.

6. What do people say instead of "no" in "At the Translation Conference"?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Yes.
(c) Perhaps.
(d) Never.

7. What does Yeats speak about loving in "Improvisations on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) Wind and rain.
(b) Bare hills and stunted trees.
(c) Bagels.
(d) Sea breezes.

8. What do the ravens ask the people in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Are you here to harm us?
(b) Will you be next?
(c) Why do you leave so many plastics lying around?
(d) When will our time come?

9. What happens when a human comes across the spider too suddenly in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) She vomits.
(b) She faints.
(c) She screams.
(d) She falls asleep.

10. What crashes into the speaker's window in "Fatal Light Awareness"?
(a) A lion.
(b) A deer.
(c) A thrush.
(d) A skunk.

11. What kind of getups do the new werewolves wear in "Update on Werewolves"?
(a) Sado French Vogue getups.
(b) Evening wear.
(c) Overalls.
(d) Sweatsuits.

12. What is the hard part in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Getting the right books.
(b) Finding the sorcerer again.
(c) Finding money.
(d) Getting the machine to stop.

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

14. What happens in Part V of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They make their way out of our bodies through our armpits.
(b) They learn to live peacefully with us on eart.
(c) They show us all their recipes.
(d) They teach us how to travel to other galaxies.

15. Why do such tales end in flames in "Aflame"?
(a) Because the djinns want them to.
(b) Because we want them to.
(c) Because God wills them to.
(d) Because the sorcerers made it this way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a wolf in pain admit in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

2. What is the outdoor gear of the "darlings" like in "Heart of the Arctic"?

3. What does the speaker use a feather for in "Feather"?

4. Where are we living now, according to the speaker in "Tracking the Rain"?

5. What tense does not exist at the conference in "Translator's Conference"?

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