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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator of "Erato: Love Poetry" compare the wife's relationship to her husband?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Torture.
(c) An apprenticeship.
(d) Endentured servitude.

2. Which foods does the letter from the friend list as among the items Mrs. Claxton's sister will eat?
(a) Clear chicken broth and bread.
(b) Potatoes and rice.
(c) Celery and cucumbers.
(d) Grapefruit and white bread.

3. How long has the young girl in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry" been walking?
(a) Since daybreak.
(b) A couple hours.
(c) Since noon.
(d) Three days.

4. According to the narrator of "Terpischore: Choral Dance," what once swelled the muscle and the bone?
(a) Blood and iron.
(b) Hate and resentment.
(c) Courage and pride.
(d) Liquid and marrow.

5. How does the speaker describe the person she addresses in "Terpischore: Choral Dance"?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Mournful.
(c) Formless.
(d) Concrete.

6. According to the narrator of "Elitere: Lyric Poetry," when does the ink spill thickest?
(a) When the pen is fresh.
(b) When the writing is hardest.
(c) Before it runs dry.
(d) As the the ideas flow.

7. Where does the ruelle go in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?
(a) It leads to Seoul.
(b) It continues past the last house infinitely outward.
(c) It leads to the next town.
(d) It ends at the edge of the village.

8. How is the audience of the film in "Erato: Love Poetry" given the portrait of the woman?
(a) Through an intimate look at her possessions.
(b) Through a vignette focused on the woman's face.
(c) Through an extreme close up of her face while she laughs.
(d) Through a look at all the people in her life.

9. What is about to burst and scatter in the "Terpischore: Choral Dance" section?
(a) A dandelion.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A shotgun shell.
(d) A glass jar.

10. According to the narrator, where are melodies suspended in "Terpischore: Choral Dance"?
(a) Between heaven and earth.
(b) Between two people.
(c) Between throat and mouth.
(d) Between song and speech.

11. What color are the subtitles that appear on the screen in "Erato: Love Poetry"?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

12. Why are the tongue and words dead in "Elitere: Lyric Poetry"?
(a) Injury.
(b) Humiliation.
(c) Disuse.
(d) Pain.

13. Where did Mr. Reardon's mother move three years before the letter?
(a) New York.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Hartford.
(d) Chicago.

14. What ritual occurs during 'second memory'?
(a) Baptism.
(b) The giving of last rites.
(c) The consummation of a virgin marriage.
(d) The preparations for giving birth.

15. What is the last sound described in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?
(a) Water dropping.
(b) A window creaking.
(c) Bells ringing.
(d) A child laughing.

Short Answer Questions

1. During 'Memory,' what is happening in the theater?

2. What announces the call in "Thalia: Comedy"?

3. What color light encircles the bowl the woman hands the girl in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?

4. What concept does 'Retour' begin with?

5. What meteorological event occurs during "Terpischore: Choral Dance"?

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