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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?
(a) Umbrellas.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Buckets.
(d) Container ships.

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

3. What does the speaker wonder if the robot will do in "Little Robot"?
(a) Learn to love.
(b) Find out the secret to life.
(c) Treat humans well.
(d) Find a cure for illnesses that afflict humans.

4. What happens to the albatross in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) It thrives in the caves.
(b) It is killed by hunters.
(c) It is killed by eating plastic.
(d) It lets humans raise its young.

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

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

7. What does the speaker fear the children will grow up without in "Oh Children"?
(a) Fathers.
(b) Computers.
(c) Social Media.
(d) Birds.

8. In what way is a wolf courteous in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) In the formal sense.
(b) In the context of wolf culture.
(c) In the informal sense.
(d) Up to a point.

9. Why do such tales end in flames in "Aflame"?
(a) Because the djinns want them to.
(b) Because the sorcerers made it this way.
(c) Because we want them to.
(d) Because God wills them to.

10. What does Rilke say poetry is in "Zombie"?
(a) The songs of our ancestors.
(b) The future.
(c) The past that breaks out in our hearts.
(d) The station.

11. How can one tell a wolf's mood in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) By their eyes.
(b) By their fur.
(c) By the direction of their ears.
(d) By their growls.

12. Where does the spider really like to be in the house in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On the windowsill.
(c) Under the couch.
(d) Under the bookcase.

13. What crashes into the speaker's window in "Fatal Light Awareness"?
(a) A lion.
(b) A skunk.
(c) A thrush.
(d) A deer.

14. What does the speaker implore the rain to do in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) Stop.
(b) Be kind.
(c) Let it come down.
(d) Flood the earth.

15. What kind of getups do the new werewolves wear in "Update on Werewolves"?
(a) Evening wear.
(b) Sweatsuits.
(c) Overalls.
(d) Sado French Vogue getups.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the spider dislike the floor in "Spider Signatures"?

2. When is every life a failure in "Feather"?

3. What does the editor ask the speaker to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Editor's Notes"?

4. Where do "we gods" preside in "The Twilight of the Gods"?

5. What happens when the gods frown in "The Twilight of the Gods"?

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