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Leaving the Atocha Station Quiz

Ben Lerner

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Ben Lerner

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Which side of the argument over Adam’s poetry does Abel represent? (from Chapter 2)

That which argues that English poetry cannot be meaningfully translated into Spanish and vice-a-versa.

That which argues that poetry has no relation to politics.

That which argues that fascist poetry is inherently esoteric while left-wing poetry is inherently accessible.

That which argues that formal experiment in poetry has no correlation to political radicalness.

2.

Why does not Isabel wish to talk about Oscar with Adam? (from Chapter 3)

Because, perhaps out of pity, she wants the two of them to have their own final night together undisturbed.

Because Oscar is a fake persona that she has concocted.

Because Oscar’s personality will highlight all of Adam’s deficiencies and she wishes to protect him from this needless humiliation.

Because she is afraid Adam will turn violent and seek out Oscar if he knows too much about him.

3.

How does Teresa charcterize the relationship between Maria Schneider and Jack Nicholson in The Passenger? (from Chapter 5)

She claims it embodies the political violence of the 1970s.

She claims not to understand it in the slightest.

She claims it represents the dichotomy poetry and prose.

She suggests it represents the tension between the French psyche and the American psyche.

4.

What is notable about Jane’s class position? (from Chapter 2)

She has a working-class background but has spent much of her life in proximity to the extremely affluent.

She has a lumpen proletariat who exists outside the formal economy.

She comes from fabulous wealth but has foresworn it, living in a squat in Providence.

She comes from a middle-class family who squandered a vast inheritance a generation ago.

5.

What does Adam’s mother suggest he do after the bombing in Madrid? (from Chapter 4)

Donate blood.

Buy a cell phone.

Go to the US Embassy.

Return to home to Kansas.

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