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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many years has Mother spent in exile?
(a) 18.
(b) 36.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.
2. After she stretches out, what does the anonymous woman in "Melpomene: Tragedy" do?
(a) Attempts to speak.
(b) Pulls her coat up to her chin.
(c) Reaches forward toward the light.
(d) Falls asleep.
3. In "Urania: Astronomy," the speaker has a hard time distinguishing rain from which of the following?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Sleet.
(c) Running water.
(d) Snow.
4. What calendar dates the birth of Yu Guan Soon?
(a) The Julian Calendar.
(b) The English Calendar.
(c) The Korean Calendar.
(d) The Lunar Calendar.
5. What grade does Mother teach?
(a) 3rd grade.
(b) 5th grade.
(c) 2nd grade.
(d) 1st grade.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator do during confession?
2. In "Melpomene: Tragedy," what evidence of conflicts past does the narrator see?
3. In "Urania: Astronomy," what does the narrator say she can do without?
4. In "Urania: Astronomy," where does the nurse begin her procedure?
5. Upon receiving citizenship in the U.S., what document does Mother receive?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the speaker in the "Opening" perceive religion?
2. What is the significance of the italicized passages in the "Opening"?
3. Discuss the laws the Japanese imposed on the Koreans.
4. Describe the medical procedure in "Urania: Astronomy."
5. Why is Mother born in Manchuria?
6. What is Melpomene's purpose at the end of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?
7. In "Urania: Astronomy," what does the tongue image symbolize?
8. What is Mother's MAH-UHM? Where is it trapped?
9. Why does Cha include the letter from the Koreans living in Hawaii to the President of the United States?
10. 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?
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