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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Annunciation," the speaker wants to experience what is real – “the cold, the pitiless, the bleak,” nature, or her son, who is forever turned where?
(a) Inward to the voices in his head.
(b) Inward to his own story.
(c) Inward to some music only he has ever heard.
(d) Inward to his own thoughts and ideas.

2. Who is the character in "Hill Country" revealed to be?
(a) A woodsman.
(b) God.
(c) Abraham.
(d) An angel.

3. Where is "Eternity" set?
(a) In and around Hong Kong.
(b) In and around Mongolia.
(c) In and around Beijing, China.
(d) In and around Osaka, Japan.

4. In “Unwritten,” how does the slave feel towards her mistress?
(a) She cannot wait to be freed and away from her mistress.
(b) She does not wish her mistress to suffer.
(c) She does not feel sorry for her and her privation.
(d) She hates her passionately.

5. There was love in the water, where the people pretended to do what?
(a) Wade.
(b) Bathe.
(c) Get baptized.
(d) Swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the man steps back and falls down. He then describes what?

2. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?

3. What does the character in "Hill Country" stave off in regard to the injured animal?

4. In "An Old Story," the speaker says that they were told what would be horrible?

5. In "The Angels," who does the speaker say spoke to angels as she was dying?

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