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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 kinds of sailing ship does the narrator consider in “Monday Aubade”?
(a) Schooner.
(b) Barque.
(c) Windjammer.
(d) Caravel.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following 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 on her lover’s *belly*?

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

3. How long does the narrator claim her mother has wept?

4. Which of the following is the first line of “As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs”?

5. On which of the following roads does the narrator stop in “Formication”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What hellish vision does the narrator’s mother see in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. For what reason does the narrator note having hosted her brother?

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

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