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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," the speakers sees a photograph of a picture of who, looking off to what once must have seemed the future?
(a) Prokofiev.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Dostoevsky.

2. In “Watershed,” the speaker describes the poor choices made by whom, including keeping the chemical leak secret?
(a) R.
(b) DuPont.
(c) M.
(d) J.

3. In "4 ½," the little girl is compared to what?
(a) A cute bunny who has just eaten the plants in your garden.
(b) A cute puppy about to chew up your shoe.
(c) A cute cat, lying in wait to pounce on a mouse.
(d) A cute mountain goat who, although first seems harmless, soon lunges at you.

4. In “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” how is love described?
(a) A heart cut open and cleaned like a dead animal.
(b) A total loss.
(c) Bleeding out.
(d) An alien idea.

5. In “Watershed,” the speaker finishes in italics saying that, for him, God is what?
(a) Warm water.
(b) Light.
(c) Heat.
(d) Bands of energy.

6. In "Annunciation," the speaker is ashamed of what?
(a) Her easy life.
(b) The solitude in her life.
(c) The modernization of the world around her.
(d) The busy world around her.

7. In “New Road Station,” history is compared to a mother doing what?
(a) Calling her family to dinner.
(b) Shooing away the chickens.
(c) Corralling her children.
(d) Washing laundry.

8. In "Ash," the speaker describes a house that must constantly be replenished and repaired, a house that does what?
(a) Complains and sighs.
(b) Gets injured and injures.
(c) Trips and falls.
(d) Sings and dances.

9. In "In Your Condition," the speaker hikes up a hill to take photos, much like she did the year before, but only does it for what reason?
(a) To keep up appearances.
(b) To keep busy.
(c) To be polite.
(d) To prove she could do it.

10. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” what does the audience begin to sense?
(a) They are in a Broadway theater.
(b) They are part of the production.
(c) The cast has not rehearsed enough.
(d) This is a rehearsal, rather than a performance; the show is not even cast yet.

11. In "4 ½," when this little girl is hungry, what does she have?
(a) Specific food requests.
(b) Only yogurt.
(c) Crackers.
(d) Peanut butter.

12. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man pretends to do what?
(a) Choke.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Spit.

13. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” In the back of the house, one person begins to do what?
(a) Jeers.
(b) Wails.
(c) Clap.
(d) Shouts.

14. In “Watershed,” who is taking this case and filed a lawsuit?
(a) D.
(b) J.
(c) R.
(d) M.

15. In "An Old Story," the speaker says that they were told what would be horrible?
(a) The watching of youth fade away.
(b) The love for others.
(c) The wanting, need, and strong hate.
(d) The end of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Watershed,” In italics, the speaker who is floating over the city can move and do what?

2. In “Watershed,” soon after the sale of land, what happened?

3. In “New Road Station,” history is not the silence found where?

4. In “Watershed,” what does the speaker first describe?

5. In "Beatific," the speaker watches a bow-legged man in black sweatpants slowly do what?

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