Notes on the Assemblage Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What was Kenji Goto's profession? (from Part 6, “borderbus”, Section 2)

Journalist.

Spy.

Soldier.

Painter.

2.

What kinds of animals appear, and have a wildly good time, in the Buddhist Cinema on Saturday night? (from Part 7, “we are remarkably loud not masked” and Epilogue)

Human beings, elephants, gorillas, and a dolphin.

Chickens, a hamster, two horses, and a platypus.

Dolphins, elephants, cows, and pigs.

Dolphins, monkeys, snakes, and a giraffe.

3.

Given that a monastery is a place of spiritual retreat, where people go to achieve a degree of peace, what image from another poem in this part of the book might be seen as echoing this image, and why? (from Part 2, “the view with no one”)

The basket in "On the Verge of Drowning": both the dove and the basket are evocative of experiences of imprisonment.

The dove in "White Dove": doves are traditionally representative of peace.

The hawk in "White Dove": hawks are traditionally evocative of peace.

The stones in "You Throw a Stone": both the stones and the dove are evocative of violence.

4.

What do you think is the metaphoric meaning of the marching soldiers that surround the soldier? (from Part 4, "lucid and undecipherable tasks")

They are the dead, and preparing to defend him from the nymph.

They are his comrades, and are preparing to defend him from the nymph.

They are his comrades, and they have come to collect their guns from him.

They are the dead, and coming for him.

5.

In "You Throw a Stone," the house of the speaker's father is described as being empty. How is the house of the speaker's companion's mother described? (from Part 2, “the view with no one”)

As also being empty.

As being too full of people.

As having no light.

As having been destroyed by violence.

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