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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 color hair is referred to throughout "Horse Child Breakfast" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
2. 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?
3. How are Ophelia's clothes spread in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
4. "Widow's Lament" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster says that it is not quite cold enough to ask the neighbors for what?
5. What does Ophelia float like in "The Rape of Ophelia" in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the emotional state of Brautigan in the poem "Boo, Forever"?
2. What theme permeates the poem "I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't"? What symbolism supports this theme?
3. What imagery is used in the poem, "The Winos on Potrero Hill"?
4. What qualities are outstanding in the poems of Brautigan in terms of imagery?
5. Describe Brautigan's use of nonsensical, surreal imagery in the poem "Yes, the Fish Music." What is the purpose of the imagery?
6. Discuss the tone of the poem "The Return of the Rivers." What does Brautigan describe here?
7. What is referred to in the poem "1942" from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster?
8. In what poem from The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster does Brautigan cite "Casablanca"? How?
9. Describe the simplicity of the poem "November 3." What is Brautigan's subject in this poem?
10. What description does Brautigan illustrate in the poem "Poker Star"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the setting of In Watermelon Sugar. What is notable about this setting in comparison to that of Trout Fishing in America?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Brautigan's narrative voice and tense in In Watermelon Sugar. How is this similar or different than Trout Fishing in America?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the poems "Discovery" and "Star-Spangled' Nails." How do the poems relate structurally? Thematically?
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