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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. What veils the earth in "Terpischore: Choral Dance"?
2. Which word best describes the rhythm of "Terpischore: Choral Dance"?
3. How does the speaker describe the person she addresses in "Terpischore: Choral Dance"?
4. According to the narrator of "Elitere: Lyric Poetry," when does the ink spill thickest?
5. Which best describes the syntax of "Elitere: Lyric Poetry"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does speech relate to memory in "Elitere: Lyric Poetry"?
2. Discuss at least two possible meanings of the partition imagery which appears in "Elitere: Lyric Poetry."
3. Describe the woman's relationship with the person on the telephone in "Thalia: Comedy."
4. Compare "memory" with "second memory." How are these passages alike or different?
5. Discuss the opening lines of "Terpischore: Choral Dance." What is the general impression you gain from these lines? ("You remain dismembered...apart from the congregation.")
6. Describe the young girl's attire in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry."
7. Describe the woman's feelings regarding the telephone in "Thalia: Comedy."
8. Describe the woman's experience of the cinema in "Erato: Love Poetry."
9. Describe the contents of the chart in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry."
10. Discuss the ending of the work. Why does it end with a child looking out a window?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Cha plays with notions of space and place a great deal in this novel. She incorporates concrete locations--Manchuria, Seoul, Hawaii--as well as undefined spaces--the theater-like space, the village, the church. How does this play with space influence the work? Do we see multiple conceptions of space working together? Are there different epistemic constructions working simultaneously in this work? If so, how do these systems work together to strengthen Cha's work? If not, what is Cha doing with space in the work?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Displacement, as it relates to exile and immigrant identity, is a recurring theme throughout this work. Think, for example, about Cha's mother's spirit trapped in Korea or about the narrator's experience in returning to Korea eighteen years after the conflict. How does a sense of displacement inform the identities of the people in the work? Are they marked by it? Are their lives made empty by a sense of yearning? Or do they perceive displacement differently? How?
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