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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Blue tarps are mentioned both in Propositions 3 and 18. Why is the image of a blue tarp important? (from Propositions 1 - 21)

It is a distraction from the mundane events of the speaker’s life.

It is a conventionally ordinary thing elevated to beauty by its color.

The speaker experiences its beauty privately even in public.

It is evidence of the divine in everyday life.

2.

In Proposition 17, what is the underlying “disease” in this case? (from Propositions 1 - 21)

Yearning for the color blue.

Anxiety.

Hearbreak.

Sadness.

3.

In Proposition 42, the speaker’s lecture notes read: “Heárt-bréak is a spondee,” which makes the speaker weep with despair. Why does poetic analysis make the poet feel hopeless? (from Propositions 22 - 62)

She believes analysis makes something lifeless.

She is overwhelmed by the demands of her daily life.

It is another example of logic’s failure to explain the human experience.

The speaker cannot face lecturing about poetry when she is experiencing writer’s block.

4.

Why does the speaker choose not to write about specific blue things or memories of “you”? (from Propositions 181 - 208)

She cannot articulate what they mean to her.

Writing cannot capture the essence of things.

She does not want to give the reader the wrong impression.

Writing about them would mean interpreting them and making their essence concrete.

5.

In Proposition 216, what is being commemorated? (from Propositions 209 - 240)

September 11th, 2001.

The day “you” left the speaker.

January 1st, 2000: the new millennium.

The 2001 world economic slowdown.

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