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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mother arrives, how long has it been since a female teacher taught at the school?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) There has never been a female teacher.

2. What does Mother do with her wages?
(a) Funds the childrens' education.
(b) Pays room and board, then sends the rest home.
(c) Pays off loans.
(d) Maintains a modest existence with enough to eat.

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

4. In the Opening, which image is used to describe the anonymous woman's difficulty?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Fuzziness.
(d) Thickness.

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

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

7. What color are the narrator's veins in "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red-brown.
(c) Yellow-green.
(d) Blue-green-purple.

8. On what day did Guan Soon lead a revolutionary protest?
(a) January 1, 1919.
(b) March 1, 1920.
(c) March 15, 1919.
(d) March 1, 1919.

9. What happens during Guan Soon's 16th year?
(a) The Japanese defeat the Koreans in battle.
(b) The Japanese conspire to overthrow the Korean monarchy,
(c) The Korean nationals go into exile.
(d) Revolutionaries drive the Japanese out of Korea.

10. In the Opening, which languages are the translation exercises written in?
(a) French and Korean.
(b) Korean and English.
(c) French and English.
(d) Korean and French.

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

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

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

14. Which of the following is NOT a phrase the narrator in "Urania: Astronomy" uses to describe failed attempts at speech?
(a) Broke speech.
(b) Pidgeon.
(c) Cracked tongue.
(d) Muteness.

15. How old is the speaker when her brother is killed?
(a) 18.
(b) 36.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the new Japanese assembly, how did the King govern?

2. How many years of history were lost during the Japanese occupation?

3. During the Japanese occupation, what edict came out regarding men's grooming?

4. How does the "Opening" end?

5. What type of illustrations appear in the "Urania: Astronomy"?

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