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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the speaker say he will not dance alone in "Not Even"?
(a) The club.
(b) The municipal graveyard at midnight.
(c) The rally.
(d) The homestead.

2. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker try to stretch the clay slab into?
(a) Trees.
(b) Reason.
(c) Five blades of light.
(d) Heather.

3. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," what does the speaker think might be temporary?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Time.
(d) Extinction.

4. In "Nothing," what does the speaker imagine as rising from the bread?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Poems.
(d) Spells.

5. In "Künstlerroman," what does the speaker compare cigarettes in the dark to?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fireflies in a bomb shelter.
(c) Christmas lights.
(d) Stars.

6. In "Not Even," what does the speaker want to say to his mother as her body bag is zipped?
(a) Finally.
(b) Get out of there.
(c) Godspeed.
(d) You won.

7. In "Not Even," where does the speaker get off of the Amtrak train?
(a) Indianapolis.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Missoula.
(d) Helena.

8. In "Reasons for Staying," what does a blade of brown rye multiplied by thousands create?
(a) Miracles.
(b) A purple field.
(c) Hunger.
(d) A piece of bread.

9. In "Scavengers," who does the fisherman become at the end of the poem?
(a) A boy with too much to carry.
(b) A ghost.
(c) A husband.
(d) A priest.

10. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what book of the Bible does Vuong quote from?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Aftermath.
(c) Corinthians.
(d) Revelations.

11. In "Toy Boat," what are the sparrows "pierced by"?
(a) The bullets.
(b) The song.
(c) The wind.
(d) Their names.

12. Who is "Toy Boat" written for?
(a) Byron Hayes.
(b) Lily West.
(c) Heather Friend.
(d) Tamir Rice.

13. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say is necessary to "make it out of here"?
(a) Sorcery.
(b) Love.
(c) Pain.
(d) A miracle.

14. In "Nothing," what do the speaker and his partner do together?
(a) Sing.
(b) Shovel snow.
(c) Dance.
(d) Go to church.

15. What institution does the speaker visit in "The Punctum"?
(a) The Library of Congress.
(b) The Coliseum.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Acquaducts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Künstlerroman," what does the speaker do with the movie once it ends?

2. In "Reasons for Staying," what sounds "like footsteps" when you play it?

3. Who were the victims of the poorly-documented lynchings in "The Punctum"?

4. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker pack a bag with?

5. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," what happens when two men walk holding hands into a bar?

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