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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III, “1. I Watch Her Eat the Apple” to “9. Of Course She Looked Back”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator note is a way to set up a flag?
(a) A Howitzer.
(b) A Hotchkiss.
(c) A Springfield.
(d) A Gatling.

2. Which of the following is the first line of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table”?
(a) “While she sleeps, I paint.”
(b) “Tonight the city is glimmered.”
(c) “She twirls it in her left hand.”
(d) “Tonight I am riddled by this thick skull.”

3. Before the gates of which of the following does the narrator offer to prostrate herself?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Melville.
(d) Hawthorne.

4. Which of the following is the first line of “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
(a) “If he’s wearing knives for eyes.”
(b) “He sat cross-legged, weeping on the steps.”
(c) “The phone rings—my brother was arrested again.”
(d) “—my parents live without light, groping.”

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Lorca’s Red Dresses”?
(a) “To be next to you again.”
(b) “You would have, too.”
(c) “Tonight, after reading Lorca’s Cante jondo, I’m ready, dressed.”
(d) “My lover doesn’t realize that I’ve contemplated this scenario.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator refer to as a drummer?

2. Which of the following is the last line of “Monday Aubade”?

3. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the headdress of a greedy god?

4. Which of the following describes the suit in “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?

5. Which of the following is the first line of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Work Up and I Was a Shark?’”?

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