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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 is the hard part in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Finding the sorcerer again.
(b) Getting the machine to stop.
(c) Getting the right books.
(d) Finding money.

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

3. What does the editor ask the speaker to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Editor's Notes"?
(a) Pull back from exhortation and despair.
(b) Be clearer.
(c) Write about sad things.
(d) Write about scary things.

4. What happens in Part IV of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) We kill them.
(b) We wonder if they are God.
(c) They turn us into flowers.
(d) They kill us.

5. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) No one.
(b) Gymnasts.
(c) Rich people.
(d) Only moviestars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sister who is no longer there, now that she is gone, in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What happens to whatever the Gods touch in "The Twilight of the Gods"?

3. What color does Cassandra want to dye her hair in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

4. What is easy in the poem "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

5. What does the speaker implore the rain to do in "Tracking the Rain"?

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