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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. In "Not Even," what does the speaker decide he wants from now on at the end of the poem?
(a) Fame.
(b) Joy.
(c) Stillness.
(d) Heartache.

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

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

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

5. In "Künstlerroman," what is the street the speaker's car crashed on?
(a) Main Road.
(b) Helsom Road.
(c) Risley Road.
(d) Firefly Road.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Künstlerroman," what are the lover's clothes returned to them like?

2. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say the word for weakness is in his language?

3. In "Künstlerroman," what is one tragic scene the speaker revisits?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Punctum," what does the tour guide say that historians have done?

2. What is the poem "Toy Boat" about?

3. Where does the main in the movie keep returning to in "Künstlerroman"?

4. Who does the speaker wish to communicate with in "No One Knows the Way to Heaven"?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What items point to the suffering of the speaker's mother in "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker"?

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