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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the robot look like in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Little Robot"?
(a) It has a dollface.
(b) It is scary, like a monster.
(c) It looks just like a human being.
(d) It looks like an octopus.

2. What will the baby sirens be "ravenous" with in "Siren Brooding on her Eggs"?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Song.
(c) Desire.
(d) Appetite.

3. What is the main problem with the plastics in the environment in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) There are not enough of them.
(b) Animals like to use them to build homes.
(c) There is an overwhelming amount of them.
(d) People like to see them in nature too much.

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

5. What happens in Part 7 of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They look like snakes and want us to be mean to each other.
(b) They look just like us and want to take over the earth.
(c) They look like octopi and want us to be kind to each other.
(d) They look like rabbits and can not communicate.

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

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

8. What do the leaves in the garden remind the speaker of in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) Antique taffeta.
(b) Silk.
(c) Nylon.
(d) Plastic.

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

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

11. Where are we living now, according to the speaker in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) On the tundra.
(b) In a desert.
(c) Inside a dry red bubble.
(d) In a normal house.

12. What is already dissolving in the shore water in "Heart of the Arctic"?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A jellyfish.
(c) A plastic ring.
(d) An otter.

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

14. What does the speaker implore the rain to do in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) Flood the earth.
(b) Be kind.
(c) Let it come down.
(d) Stop.

15. Who makes the machine in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Man.
(b) The Angel.
(c) The Devil.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it bad luck to do in the poem "Spider Signatures"?

2. What do the ravens understand in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

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

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

5. Where do "we gods" preside in "The Twilight of the Gods"?

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