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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. "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster is dedicated to whom?
(a) Emmett.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Marie.

2. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Tendril-like.
(b) Mermaid-like.
(c) Vine-like.
(d) Fish-like.

3. Brautigan writes in "Man" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster that the man stands five inches taller than what?
(a) A dandelion.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A schoolbus.
(d) A taxicab.

4. What is the girl wearing in "Mating Saliva" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) A green mini skirt.
(b) A red dress.
(c) An orange skirt.
(d) A summer dress.

5. What is the first item in "Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
(a) Find God.
(b) Get enough food to eat, and eat it.
(c) Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there.
(d) Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.

Short Answer Questions

1. A piece of what falls off the wooden salad bowl in "Haiku Ambulance" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. Brautigan writes in "Discovery" of The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster, "The petals of the vagina unfold like _________ taking off his shoes."

3. What is the lion standing in the edges of in "A Candlelion Poem" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. To whom is "Map Shower" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster dedicated?

5. What time does Brautigan write is "correct time:/ with your long blonde hair" in "The Shenevertakesherwatchoff Poem" dedicated in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

Short Essay Questions

1. What description does Brautigan illustrate in the poem "Poker Star"?

2. Discuss the tone of the poem "The Return of the Rivers." What does Brautigan describe here?

3. Describe Brautigan's use of nonsensical, surreal imagery in the poem "Yes, the Fish Music." What is the purpose of the imagery?

4. What is the poem "Star-Spangled' Nails" about?

5. What qualities are outstanding in the poems of Brautigan in terms of imagery?

6. In which poem does Brautigan refer to the Hindenberg Disaster? How?

7. In what poem from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster does Brautigan cite "Casablanca"? How?

8. What imagery is used in the poem, "The Winos on Potrero Hill"?

9. What imagery does Brautigan produce in the poem "December 30"?

10. In what poems from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster does Brautigan reflect personal thoughts?

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