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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. To which of the following *pieces of sports equipment* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?
(a) Volleyball.
(b) Medicine ball.
(c) Bowling ball.
(d) Home plate.

2. Which of the following is the first line of “Black Magic Brother”?
(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.”

3. Which of the following admits the narrator’s brother back home in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
(a) The narrator’s father.
(b) The narrator’s mother.
(c) The narrator’s sister.
(d) The narrator.

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

5. Which of the following is the first section of “Downhill Triolets”?
(a) Sisyphus and My Brother.
(b) My Brother and Me.
(c) Tribal Cops, Geronimo, Jimi Hendrix, and My Brother.
(d) God, Lionel Richie, and My Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following bones does the narrator compare herself and her interlocutor in “Dome Riddle”?

2. Which of the following gaming systems does the narrator note as strewn across her parents’ floor?

3. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother wants to kill him in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

4. Which of the following kinds of shell does the narrator consider in “Monday Aubade”?

5. To which of the following does the narrator compare an apple in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” report painting her lover’s arms?

2. How does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” note having been created?

3. What does the narrator note possibly wanting to see fall near the end of “Black Magic Brother”?

4. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

5. What annoyance does the narrator note finding in Jesus in “Soirée Fantastique”?

6. What does the narrator posit might be the worst part of the funeral for her brother?

7. What reaction does the narrator have to her brother appearing as a Judas effigy in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

8. In what circumstances does the narrator of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Woke Up and I Was a Shark?’” note having considered the question of the title?

9. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator presents herself as facing execution. How does she relate herself to her lover as she does?

10. What reason does the narrator give for considering a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

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