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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This quotation: "vulgar comments are as old as writing. You should see the walls of Pompeii" (196) is an example of what?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Allusion.

2. In "A Dusty Lunch," what happens to Brig in his old age?
(a) He is unable to sleep without white noise.
(b) Cats start following him home.
(c) People start appearing in his apartment.
(d) He gets cancer.

3. In "Wooden Box," what is the temperature of Nell and Tig's cabin?
(a) Warm in the night but freezing in the morning.
(b) Humid and somewhat smelly.
(c) Warm and toasty.
(d) Pleasant and mild in the afternoons.

4. In "Metempsychosis," what is Amber/Snail's response to Tyler's cheating?
(a) Does not care and is willing to share.
(b) Tearfully writes him a note.
(c) Breaks all the windows in his apartment.
(d) Insanely jealous.

5. In "Wooden Box," why does Tig oversleep?
(a) Depression.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) He was in remission.
(d) He was taking the wrong pills.

6. What does the most alarming portrait of Hypatia look like?
(a) She is glowing white with exposed body parts.
(b) She is greenish white with floor length hair.
(c) She is an elderly woman.
(d) She is a young girl with a velvet dress.

7. What does J.O.B stand for?
(a) Jubilant old Brig.
(b) Jolly old brigadier.
(c) Joyful ol’ Brig.
(d) Jump over bombs.

8. In "Airborne," what is the title of Leonie’s book?
(a) Political Reprisals.
(b) Airborne.
(c) Thermidor.
(d) Lobster Monday.

9. When the snails says: "spare me! I am part of an ecosystem," (172) that is an example of what?
(a) Simile.
(b) Setting.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Personification.

10. In "Metempsychosis," how does the snail die?
(a) Stomped on.
(b) Dehydration.
(c) Mixture of salt and coffee.
(d) Plucked and put in a bucket.

11. In "Widows," how does Nell characterize widows?
(a) At a loss for words.
(b) As bad luck.
(c) As angry and rageful.
(d) Full of overflowing emotions.

12. In "Metempsychosis," how does Amber/Snail tolerate Tyler's lovemaking?
(a) Disassociating.
(b) Drinking excessively.
(c) Using THC.
(d) Pretending he is a snail.

13. In "A Dusty Lunch," what does Nell think about Brig’s letters?
(a) Angry at the responsibility.
(b) Elated to help.
(c) Nervous she will lose them.
(d) That she is the wrong person to receive them.

14. In "Metempsychosis," why does Amber/Snail not want coleslaw?
(a) The vinegar.
(b) The quantity is too large.
(c) She has a headache.
(d) It is too spicy.

15. In "Widows," Nell refuses which analogy for grief?
(a) A healing cycle.
(b) A journey.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A tunnel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Metempsychosis," which body part does Amber/Snail like?

2. In "Wooden Box," how does the mug misspell friends?

3. In "Freeforall," what color are the veils?

4. In "Wooden Box," what fruit are Tig and Nell forced to rely on?

5. In "Freeforall," which play is banned?

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