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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. To which of the following *pieces of sports equipment* does the narrator compare a skull in “Dome Riddle”?
2. To which of the following does the narrator compare an apple in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
3. Which of the following does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” claim is the purpose of war?
4. To which of the following luchadores does the narrator compare her father?
5. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother order in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator report her parents seek to become in “As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs”?
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. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator presents herself as facing execution. How does she relate herself to her lover as she does?
4. 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?
5. For what reason does the narrator note having hosted her brother?
6. In what ways does the narrator note that she and her siblings are bestial in “Zoology”?
7. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?
8. What does the narrator explain at the end of “Soirée Fantastique”?
9. What reasons does the narrator give for taking her brother to dinner?
10. What complaint does the narrator note her brother is likely to have in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Near the beginning of “Other Small Thundering,” the narrator makes mention of “Charon’s narrow skiffs” (31). What purpose does the Classical reference serve? How is that purpose enacted?
Essay Topic 2
Consider the names of several characters (e.g., Guy No-Horse, Mary Busted-Chest, Eve Side-Stealer) in the collection as kennings. Given such a function, what name might be expected of the narrator and her brother? What in the text suggests as much, and how does it do so?
Essay Topic 3
What overall attitude towards intoxicants does the collection present? What in the text shows that presentation? How does it do so?
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