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

2. In “Watershed,” who was employed at the factory and subsequently sold land to the factory?
(a) D.
(b) J.
(c) M.
(d) R.

3. In “Watershed,” in italics, he, assumed to be God, is telling the person in space what?
(a) How the earth is for mankind to do with it as he wishes.
(b) How the earth used to be much larger.
(c) How the earth is a being all its own and has been weakened.
(d) How the earth is just a dead thing you can claim.

4. 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.

5. In "In Your Condition," the speaker drinks bottle after bottle of water but gazed longingly at what?
(a) Deli meat.
(b) The bottles of red wine.
(c) Her bed.
(d) The steep hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Charity," the speaker describes an elderly woman as she does what?

2. In “Political Poem,” the speaker talks about what kind of understanding in the work of these mowers?

3. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker questions the color of what?

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” what does the audience begin to sense?

5. In "Beatific," how do the drivers of the cars feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker look for in "Eternity: Nanluoguxiang Alley"? What does she find?

2. What are two things the speaker imagines in “Refuge”?

3. What are two of the questions asked in "The United States Welcomes You"?

4. What does the speaker find in "Eternity: Songzhuang Art Village"?

5. What malformations are described in "Watershed"?

6. How does the speaker in "Watershed" feel, as he has the sense of being pulled up?

7. An actor in "Theatrical Improvisation" says that they were given a piece of paper to draw what they experienced. What are a few of their experiences?

8. How does "The United States Welcomes You" end?

9. What does the speaker in "Eternity: Landscape Painting" say about the soul?

10. What does "New Road Station" say about the speed of history?

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