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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker dip his fingers back into?
(a) The sea.
(b) The paint.
(c) The fire.
(d) The wind.

3. In "Not Even," what does the woman on the train bring to the speaker?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) Tea.
(d) Chocolate.

4. In "Künstlerroman," what does the speaker do with the movie once it ends?
(a) Watches it backwards.
(b) Reviews it.
(c) Asks his mother to watch it with him.
(d) Throws it away.

5. In "Künstlerroman," what are the lover's clothes returned to them like?
(a) Glory.
(b) Shame.
(c) Crumpled laws.
(d) Rags.

6. In "Reasons for Staying," what does the speaker's mother apply before heading to chemo?
(a) Lipstick.
(b) A coat.
(c) Blush.
(d) A scarf.

7. In "Reasons for Staying," mercy is small, but what is smaller?
(a) The earth.
(b) The stars.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

8. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker want his younger self to know?
(a) You are charming.
(b) You are worthless.
(c) You can be nothing and still breathing.
(d) You have a future abroad.

9. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," where does the speaker see his own reflection?
(a) A cup of coffee.
(b) The window.
(c) The sky.
(d) The lake.

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

11. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker gather fistfuls of?
(a) Heather.
(b) Ash.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Paints.

12. In "Künstlerroman," who does the man in the movie end up being?
(a) The speaker's father.
(b) The speaker's best friend.
(c) The speaker.
(d) A famous actor.

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

14. Why does the speaker say he kept dancing even though the song had finished in "Not Even"?
(a) It freed him.
(b) It felt painful.
(c) It felt like love.
(d) It made him love his partner.

15. In "Künstlerroman," what birthday does the speaker revisit?
(a) His thirtieth.
(b) His tenth.
(c) His seventh.
(d) His twentieth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is each wave in "Toy Boat" like?

2. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what painkiller does the worker buy?

3. In "Not Even," what does the speaker want to say to his mother as her body bag is zipped?

4. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say a morgue can also be?

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

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