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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image opens "Clio: History"?
(a) A photograph of soldiers.
(b) A photograph of a leaf.
(c) Korean characters.
(d) A photograph of a young woman revolutionary.

2. How many languages does Mother speak?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. Which of the following is absent from the Korea that the narrator visits?
(a) Military vehicles on every road.
(b) Pregnant women lifting sandbags to prepare for night battles.
(c) Blood stains on the streets and sidewalks.
(d) Soldiers dressed in green lining every street.

4. Where is the woman sitting at the beginning of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?
(a) In the front of a theater.
(b) In a restaurant.
(c) In her mother's house.
(d) On the roadside.

5. In "Urania: Astronomy," how does the narrator describe a syringe?
(a) An empty body waiting to be filled.
(b) An instrument of violence.
(c) A cold, sterile medical implement.
(d) A foreign invader.

6. What does the tutor do when the brother refuses to obey?
(a) Drags him away from the demonstration.
(b) Strikes him across the face.
(c) Yells for the speaker's uncle.
(d) Leaves the house.

7. In "Melpomene: Tragedy," why are students shot during the demonstration?
(a) For joining the Japanese troops.
(b) For throwing rocks at the soldiers.
(c) For shouting violent insults.
(d) For wearing school uniforms.

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

9. In "Urania: Astronomy," where does the nurse begin her procedure?
(a) The urinary tract.
(b) The left arm.
(c) The chest.
(d) The right arm.

10. How do the children greet Mother upon her return?
(a) Sullenly, expecting lessons.
(b) With money.
(c) With food.
(d) With gifts.

11. What is the major struggle in the Opening?
(a) A conflict between wife and husband.
(b) The woman's struggle for recognition.
(c) A conflict between mother and daughter.
(d) The woman's struggle to speak.

12. What part of Mother's being is trapped in Korea?
(a) Her body.
(b) Her MAH-UHM.
(c) Her mind.
(d) Her UHM-MAH.

13. What does the narrator do during confession?
(a) Fabricate sins.
(b) Confess all and beg for absolution.
(c) Praise the priest for his service.
(d) Remain speechless.

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

15. How many children were in Guan Soon's family?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many provinces was France formerly divided into?

2. In the Opening, which languages are the translation exercises written in?

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

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

5. Which one does the narrator NOT describe in "Urania: Astronomy"?

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