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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 is the first line of “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?
(a) “Betsy Ross needled hot stars to Mr. Washington’s bedspread.”
(b) “I found your blue suitcases.”
(c) “We smoke more grass than we ever promise to plant.”
(d) “Who mines her throat?”

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare methamphetamine?
(a) Marid.
(b) Jinn.
(c) Efreet.
(d) Khayal.

3. Behind which of the following does the narrator note her brother marches?
(a) Gnathaena.
(b) Thaïs.
(c) Phryne.
(d) Aspasia.

4. Which seeds accompany the addressee of “Mercy Songs to Melancholy”?
(a) Black poppy.
(b) White poplar.
(c) Sunflower.
(d) Black poplar.

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love”?
(a) “She twirls it in her left hand.”
(b) “Tonight I am riddled by this thick skull.”
(c) “Tonight the city is glimmered.”
(d) “While she sleeps, I paint.”

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator note Santa Teresa sacrificed herself?

2. Which of the following is the first line of “Other Small Thundering”?

3. Across which of the following rivers does the narrator row?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “No More Cake Here”?

5. Which of the following is the first line of “The Facts of Art”?

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