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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. From which of the following does the narrator lick apple juice in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) Her beloved’s palm.
(b) Her beloved’s chest.
(c) Her beloved’s chin.
(d) Her beloved’s lips.

2. Which of the following bones does the narrator’s brother mention in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
(a) Humerus.
(b) Ulna.
(c) Tibia.
(d) Radius.

3. Which of the following is the first line of “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) “While she sleeps, I paint.”
(b) “Tonight I am riddled by this thick skull.”
(c) “She twirls it in her left hand.”
(d) “Tonight the city is glimmered.”

4. Which of the following fruits does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” include among “all the things we want to taste” (75)?
(a) Key lime.
(b) Blood orange.
(c) Star Ruby grapefruit.
(d) Eureka lemon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator include among “the perpetual exhibits” in her parents’ home (46)?

2. Which of the following is the first line of “Monday Aubade”?

3. Which of the following does the collection present as the definition of formication?

4. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the loincloth of a greedy god?

5. Which of the following is the first line of “Downhill Triolets”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

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

7. What does the narrator explain at the end of “Soirée Fantastique”?

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

9. 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?

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

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