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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melpomene: Tragedy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator bite in "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) The arm.
(b) The tongue.
(c) The finger.
(d) The lip.

2. Where was Mother born?
(a) Korea.
(b) The United States.
(c) Japan.
(d) Yong Jung, Manchuria.

3. Under the new Japanese assembly, how did the King govern?
(a) In an absolute fashion.
(b) Not at all; he was replaced by a president.
(c) Per the advice of ministers.
(d) Under the authority of the emperor.

4. From which sources does news of the September conflict emerge?
(a) Korean.
(b) European.
(c) American.
(d) Japanese.

5. What year does Mother graduate from college?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which language opens the book?

2. What did the Japanese laws mandate regarding pipes?

3. In "Melpomene: Tragedy," what does the phrase "nation against nation multiplied nations against nations against themselves" refer to?

4. In "Urania: Astronomy," what does the narrator say she can do without?

5. At the beginning of "Calliope: Epic Poetry," how old is Mother?

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