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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What calendar dates the birth of Yu Guan Soon?
(a) The English Calendar.
(b) The Julian Calendar.
(c) The Lunar Calendar.
(d) The Korean Calendar.

2. Who is the author of the quote which proceeds the Opening?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Sappho.

3. What did Japan do as it assumed control over Korea?
(a) It carefully respected Korea's right to self-government.
(b) It appointed an assembly.
(c) It met with the United Nations for permission to assume control.
(d) It assumed power with brutal force.

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

5. Which ritual occurs first on the First Friday?
(a) Mass.
(b) Communion.
(c) Novena.
(d) Dictee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Mother's being is trapped in Korea?

2. Where is the woman sitting at the beginning of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?

3. In "Melpomene: Tragedy," what color are the soldiers' uniforms?

4. Which of the following images does the narrator use to describe the bombs as her mother described them to her?

5. What year did Yu Guan Soon die?

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