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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. Which of the following does the collection present as the definition of formication?
(a) “Application of branded laminate flooring or countertop.”
(b) “Sensation of insects or snakes running over or into the skin.”
(c) “Assimilation by or conformity to ants.”
(d) “Adoption of cultural norms and standards associated with Taiwan.”

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

3. In which of the following months is “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” set?
(a) August.
(b) July.
(c) September.
(d) June.

4. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the loincloth of a greedy god?
(a) Lynx.
(b) Jaguar.
(c) Cougar.
(d) Bobcat.

5. To which of the following does the narrator note Santa Teresa sacrificed herself?
(a) Antlers.
(b) Horns.
(c) Claws.
(d) Fangs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which of the following does the narrator name herself a queen?

2. With which of the following dusts does the narrator note her brother glimmers?

3. To which of the following luchadores does the narrator compare her father?

4. Which of the following kinds of trees does the narrator report dreaming in “Monday Aubade”?

5. Which of the following does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” claim is the purpose of war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What music does the narrator claim to hear when her beloved eats an apple?

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” report painting her lover’s arms?

3. How does the narrator report having interacted with Cortés in “Self-Portrait as a Chimera”?

4. In what ways does the narrator note that she and her siblings are bestial in “Zoology”?

5. What explanations are offered for the narrator’s brother’s arrests in “Downhill Triolets”?

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

7. How is the room onto which “the door of your hip” opens in “Monday Aubade” described (83)?

8. What is the concluding couplet of “Lorca’s Red Dresses”?

9. How does the narrator of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Woke Up and I Was a Shark?’” note answering the question of the title?

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

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