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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 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 a look at all the people in her life.
(d) Through an extreme close up of her face while she laughs.

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

3. In "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry," what does the girl see when she turns around to look back at the woman?
(a) The woman is gone.
(b) The woman is escorted from the well by troops.
(c) The woman is smiling.
(d) The woman is following her.

4. In "Elitere: Lyric Poetry," who is the one to restore spring?
(a) The speaker.
(b) Demeter.
(c) The mother.
(d) The daughter.

5. What color bloom does the person addressed in "Terpischore: Choral Dance" expect from the seemingly dead branches of the magnolia tree?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it when the woman enters the theater in "Erato: Love Poetry"?

2. What seems to cool the approaching young girl in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?

3. Which best describes the syntax of "Elitere: Lyric Poetry"?

4. What did Mrs. Claxton's sister threaten to do before the friend wrote the letter?

5. In "Terpischore: Choral Dance," what does water on the surface of the stone capture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the woman give to the young girl in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?

2. Compare "memory" with "second memory." How are these passages alike or different?

3. Describe the woman's feelings regarding the telephone in "Thalia: Comedy."

4. Why is the young girl at the well in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?

5. Discuss the ending of the work. Why does it end with a child looking out a window?

6. Describe the young girl's attire in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry."

7. Describe the contents of the chart in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry."

8. Examine the imagery of the veil in "Elitere: Lyric Poetry."

9. Discuss the narrator's treatment of memory in "Elitere: Lyric Poetry."

10. Describe the image at the opening of "Terpischore: Choral Dance."

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