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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 are the three poker players in "Poker Star" from The Pill Versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

2. Which poem in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster reads "Every time I see him, I think:/ Gee, am I glad he's not/ my old man"?

3. What river does Brautigan write of in "Education" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

4. What is one of the women looking at in "Alas, Measured Perfectly" from The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

5. Brautigan writes of a street lined with trees with intestines like what in "Death is a Beautiful Car Parked Only" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the emotional state of Brautigan in the poem "Boo, Forever"?

4. What is referred to in the poem "1942" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster?

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

6. What theme permeates the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't"? What symbolism supports this theme?

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

8. To what is Brautigan referring in the poem, "The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster"?

9. How does Brautigan's poetry in The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster differ from his prose in In Watermelon Sugar?

10. Describe the simplicity of the poem "November 3." What is Brautigan's subject in this poem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Richard Brautigan's unique style of narrative in Trout Fishing in America. Define narrative voice and tense in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the imagery of "All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster. How does the imagery tie to the theme of the poem?

Essay Topic 3

What is alluded to in the poem "Sydney Greenstreet"? What descriptions does Brautigan present in this poem?

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