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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 a horse leap in “Self-Portrait as a Chimera”?
(a) Crystal Cover.
(b) Dana Point.
(c) San Clemente.
(d) Corona del Mar.

2. 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 lips.
(d) Her beloved’s chin.

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

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare methamphetamine?
(a) Khayal.
(b) Marid.
(c) Jinn.
(d) Efreet.

5. To which of the following libraries does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?
(a) NYPL.
(b) Bodleian.
(c) Babel.
(d) Alexandria.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following *bones* does the narrator compare a skull 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 is the first line of “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

4. 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 *palms*?

5. For which of the following holidays does the narrator’s brother dress in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What questions does the narrator ask in “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” (75)?

3. 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?

4. What complaint does the narrator note her brother is likely to have in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

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

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

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

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

9. 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”?

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

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