4. In "Urania: Astronomy," the speaker has a hard time distinguishing rain from which of the following?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Running water.
(c) Sleet.
(d) Snow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mother's refuge?

2. How is the first English paragraph in the Opening punctuated?

3. Where was Mother born?

4. In "Urania: Astronomy," what does the nurse wrap around the patient's arm?

5. In "Melpomene: Tragedy," what evidence of conflicts past does the narrator see?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the letter to Mother in "Melpomene: Tragedy."

2. Why is Mother born in Manchuria?

3. Discuss the break down in the translation exercise in the opening, particularly beginning with exercise number 5 in the second set of translations. Why does the grammar, tone, and voice shift?

4. Describe Mother's ideas about what people do just before death.

5. Describe the medical procedure in "Urania: Astronomy."

6. Why does Cha include images of the circulatory system, the nervous system, and the respiratory system in in "Urania: Astronomy," a section dedicated to astronomy?

7. Where does Mother teach?

8. Why does Cha include a quoted section of Japanese-Korean history in "Clio: History"?

9. Describe the way Cha treats soldiers in "Melpomene: Tragedy."

10. In "Urania: Astronomy," what does the tongue image symbolize?

(see the answer keys)

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