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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following greenish semiprecious stones does the narrator’s brother reportedly always return?
(a) Jade.
(b) Serpentine.
(c) Chacedony.
(d) Aventurine.

2. Which of the following is the first thing Houdini drops through Jesus’s right hand?
(a) A butter knife.
(b) A steak knife.
(c) A spade.
(d) A candelabra.

3. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother order in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) Tea.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Coffee.

4. In posing a hypothetical about God, which of the following games does the narrator posit God might invent?
(a) White Man Chess.
(b) Red Man Chess.
(c) White Man Checkers.
(d) Black Man Chess.

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Soirée Fantastique”?
(a) “When my brother died.”
(b) “My brother’s shadow flutters from his shoulders, a magician’s cape.”
(c) “Houdini arrived first, with Antigone on his arm.”
(d) “Thaïs has burst my shirt to flames, you say.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator note is a way to close a wound?

2. Which of the following documents is noted to accompany Mojave Barbie?

3. In posing a hypothetical about God, of which of the following does the narrator suggest God might have wings?

4. Which of the following birds does the narrator note signifies death?

5. To which of the following is “A Woman with No Legs” dedicated?

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