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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the "Urania: Astronomy" section, what is the purpose of exhalation?
2. From which sources does news of the September conflict emerge?
3. What does Mother do with her wages?
4. What color are the narrator's veins in "Urania: Astronomy"?
5. In "Urania: Astronomy," what does the narrator say she can do without?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the significance of breath in "Urania: Astronomy."
2. How does the speaker in the "Opening" perceive religion?
3. Describe the medical procedure in "Urania: Astronomy."
4. Although the text is written in English, many of the forms and structures Cha uses do not adhere to standards of American English. Some of the translation passages, in particular, seem to have a structure that evinces first-language influence. Do you think the translation passages were originally written in English? Why or why not?
5. Why is Mother born in Manchuria?
6. In "Urania: Astronomy," how do pages and punctuation relate to the focus on breath?
7. Why is Yu Guan Soon's birth dated on the lunar calendar while her death is dated on the Julian calendar?
8. Discuss the laws the Japanese imposed on the Koreans.
9. What is happening in the opening passage of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?
10. Discuss the significance of the image at the end of "Clio: History."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's play with genre in the novel. How does Cha manipulate various genres and forms in her work? Does Cha break genre conventions in a way that expands our notions of what a book can do? Or does she simply overstep the bounds of what a book should do? Provide evidence and support for your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of the work's nine-part structure. How does Cha's invocation of a Muse in each chapter structure and order the work? What new layer of meaning does it lend the text? Is this choice effective in adding to the overall message of the work? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Cha's stylistic choices throughout the work, focusing particularly on the author's use of language. How does she integrate simile, metaphor, and other literary devices into her prose and poetry? How do these techniques relate to the message of the work as a whole? Support your argument with evidence from the text.
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