Float Quiz

Anne Carson

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Powerless Structures Fig. II (Sanne)

Maintenance

Pinplay: A Version of Euripides' "Bacchae"

Variations on the Right to Remain Silent

Eras of Yves Klein

Stacks

Candor

108 (flotage)

The Designated Mourner by Wally Shawn

Cassandra Float Can

Zeusbits

Possessive Used as Drink (Me)

How to Like "If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso" by Gertrude Stein

By Chance the Cycladic People

Contempts: A Study of Profit and Nonprofit in Homer, Moravia and Godard

Wildly Constant

L.A.

Merry Christmas from Hegel

Nelligan: Some Poems Translated from the French

Good Dog I, II and III

Pronoun Envy

Uncle Falling: A Pair of Lyric Lectures with Shared Chorus

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In "Merry Christmas from Hegel," Carson uses Hegelian dialectics as a jumping off point for her meditations on surmounting or dealing with grief. What is the name Carson uses to refer to Hegelian philosophy? (from Merry Christmas from Hegel)

Which of the following sonnet forms are not used in "Possessive Used as Drink (Me)"? (from Possessive Used as Drink (Me))

in "How to Like 'If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso' by Gertrude Stein," Carson inserts herself between three artistic figures. Which of the following is not a character in Carson's chapbook? (from How to Like "If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso" by Gertrude Stein)

In "Contempts: A Study of Profit and Nonprofit in Homer, Moravia and Godard," Carson lists three female figures central to the texts named in this chapbook's title. Which of the following is not a female figure listed? (from Contempts: A Study of Profit and Nonprofit in Homer, Moravia and Godard )

In "Wildly Constant," Carson's speaker and her husband are staying in a home in Stykkishólmur, and eventually relocate to two homes because the extreme monogamy was too much to handle. Which of the following neologisms does Carson use to describe this act of relocation? (from Wildly Constant)