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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. Through what park does the author describe walking in "Bird Feeding"?
(a) Prospect Park.
(b) Central Park.
(c) Washington Square Park.
(d) De Witt Clinton Park.

2. Who wrote New Jim Crow?
(a) Michelle Alexander.
(b) Derek Walcott.
(c) Jena Osman.
(d) Ben Lerner.

3. What is the author's favorite bird, described in "Stacking Delights"?
(a) Cardinal.
(b) Heron.
(c) Titmouse.
(d) Eagle.

4. Where does the author describe walking when he saw a lychee dealer in "My Birthday, Kinda"?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Queens.

5. What does the author describe having at Darn Good Soup in "Stacking Delights"?
(a) Clam chowder.
(b) Potato leek soup.
(c) French onion soup.
(d) Lentil spinach soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what school does the author describe reading poems to a group of students in "Weirdly Untitled"?

2. Who is the graduate poetry workshop instructor described by the author in "Writing by Hand"?

3. What character did the bellhop perform a monologue of for the author in "Beast Mode"?

4. What bird is described in "Not Only..."?

5. Where did the author's parents meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What attributes to inefficiency does the author declare in "Inefficiency"?

2. What atmosphere is evoked through the setting of "Coffee without the Saucer"?

3. What animal is described in "Not Only..."? Where is it described?

4. What does the word "negreeting" refer to in "The Negreeting"?

5. What is the central symbol in "Infinity"? What does it represent?

6. What is meant by "TEMPORAL ALLEGIANCE" (107) in "Stacking Delights"?

7. What are the author's rituals he describes in "Airplane Rituals"?

8. How is the setting of "Tap Tap" described? What is notable about this setting?

9. What song is discussed in "Donny Hathaway on Pandora"? What is the subject of the song?

10. What is the setting of "Praying Mantis"? What atmosphere does it evoke?

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