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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of "Calliope: Epic Poetry," how old is Mother?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

2. What medical procedure begins "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) A nurse measures blood pressure.
(b) A nurse measures respiration.
(c) A nurse draws blood.
(d) A nurse takes a urine sample.

3. How does the "Opening" end?
(a) "And it begins."
(b) "Espiritu Sanctu."
(c) "Nomine."
(d) "Amen."

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

5. Which one does the narrator NOT describe in "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) Tongue.
(b) Lung.
(c) Throat.
(d) Teeth.

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

7. Which of the following images does the narrator use to describe the bombs as her mother described them to her?
(a) Swans mid swan-dive.
(b) The shiny backs of insects.
(c) Silent explosions on the television.
(d) The metallic sheen of black ice.

8. What is Mother's ethnicity?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Japanese.
(c) American.
(d) Korean.

9. After she bites, what does the narrator in "Urania: Astronomy" want to do?
(a) Spit.
(b) Yell.
(c) Swallow.
(d) Die.

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

11. How many volunteer resistance members were killed by Japanese troops on September 12, 1907?
(a) 18.
(b) 9.
(c) 30.
(d) 36.

12. What year did Yu Guan Soon die?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1915.

13. Which language opens the book?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Korean.
(c) English.
(d) French.

14. What color is the fluid that emerges during the medical procedure in "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Near-black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the children greet Mother upon her return?

2. Which two figures does Cha yoke together at the end of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?

3. In "Urania: Astronomy," the speaker has a hard time distinguishing rain from which of the following?

4. What birds does the narrator hear in "Urania: Astronomy"?

5. According to the anonymous narrator in "Clio: History," without which of the following can there be no people?

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