View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Künstlerroman," when does the speaker dance with his mother?
(a) During a huge snowstorm.
(b) During a wedding.
(c) During his own graduation.
(d) During her second wedding.

2. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what purchase does the worker make that seems to be in anticipation of her death?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A diary.
(c) A photo album.
(d) An urn.

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

4. In "Not Even," why does a young woman once tell the speaker he is "lucky"?
(a) He is brilliant.
(b) He is young.
(c) He is limitless.
(d) He is gay and he gets to write about "war and stuff."

5. In "Reasons for Staying," how does the speaker describe the suicide of his uncle?
(a) As banal.
(b) As a result of drug addiction.
(c) As dying on purpose.
(d) As a result of isolation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Reasons for Staying," mercy is small, but what is smaller?

2. In "Scavengers," what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to?

3. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what is one of the worker's hobbies judging from the purchase history?

4. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what are some purchases that reveal the worker's pain?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker do with Peter in "Nothing"?

2. What is one reason that the speaker is a writer in "Ars Poetica as the Maker"?

3. What does the speaker make a list of in "Reasons for Staying"?

4. In "Scavengers," who is the speaker with and in what context?

5. In "Not Even," what does a young woman tell the speaker that the speaker finds offensive?

6. Where does the speaker see himself in "Tell Me Something Good"?

7. Who were the main victims of many lynchings in "The Punctum"?

8. What does the speaker in "The Punctum" learn about?

9. In "Nothing," what does the speaker wonder about himself and Peter?

10. In "Scavengers," what kind of imagery does the speaker use?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 574 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample