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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the origin of the black ash described in the Opening?
(a) Palm Hosannah.
(b) A great fire.
(c) A volcanic eruption.
(d) Military conflict.

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

3. Who does the anonymous narrator invoke to tell the story, in the Opening?
(a) Persephone.
(b) The Muse.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Demeter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What language does Mother teach the children in?
(a) Korean.
(b) Chinese.
(c) French.
(d) Japanese.

11. Upon receiving citizenship in the U.S., what document does Mother receive?
(a) An identification badge.
(b) A U.S. Passport.
(c) She receives no documents.
(d) A certificate.

12. What simple act has not been forbidden of Mother?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Sight.
(c) Song.
(d) Speech.

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

14. How many daughters did Guan Soon's family have?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. During the Japanese occupation, what edict came out regarding men's grooming?
(a) All men were to wear plain clothes.
(b) All men were to cut their hair short.
(c) All men were to wear a top knot.
(d) All men were to shave their beards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mother repay her college loans?

2. What does the tutor do when the brother refuses to obey?

3. What image opens "Clio: History"?

4. What does Mother do with her wages?

5. What medical procedure begins "Urania: Astronomy"?

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