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

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

3. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say being real does?
(a) Is not really plausible.
(b) Is rare.
(c) Makes for unhappiness.
(d) Costs too much.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Nothing," what does the speaker imagine as rising from the bread?

2. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say he used to be?

3. In "Reasons for Staying," where do the speaker's best words come from?

4. In "The Punctum," how does the speaker describe "the skill lodged in the gravedigger's hands"?

5. In "Künstlerroman," where are some of the places the man in the movie visits?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the speaker do with the movie in "Künstlerroman"?

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

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

9. Where does the speaker in "The Punctum" visit?

10. What particular item in "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker" is ominous and morbid?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 485 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample