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

2. In "Künstlerroman," what is the name of the dog the speaker lost?
(a) Henry.
(b) Ben.
(c) Cheetah.
(d) Spike.

3. In "Not Even," what does the speaker suggest "made" his people instead of "the crash"?
(a) The sea.
(b) The debris.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Not Even," why does a young woman once tell the speaker he is "lucky"?

2. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker want his younger self to know?

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

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

5. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say being real does?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker want to tell his younger self?

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

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

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

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

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