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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 78 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do plastics make "clear as whistling" in "The Bright Side"?
(a) Visions seen through plastic contact lenses.
(b) Visions seen through plastic glasses lenses.
(c) Songs in microphones.
(d) Voices over telephones.

2. What do the children smash in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Hollowed eggs.
(c) Plastics.
(d) Books.

3. Who has killed so many sisters over the years in Part 6 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Other sisters.
(b) Fearful men.
(c) Evil spirits.
(d) Jealous parents.

4. What does the plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Black and striped and slippery.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue and yellow.
(d) Purple and striated.

5. What is one feature of happy dreams of wolves in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Trees.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Humans.
(d) The tender bones of stupid caribou.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we hear in the wind's plainsong at the end of "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?

2. What form does poetry "coming to claim you" take in "Zombie"?

3. What is one advantage to plastics in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "The Bright Side"?

4. Why do such tales end in flames in "Aflame"?

5. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?

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