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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Erato: Love Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is silent during "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The narrator's thoughts.
(c) The swan.
(d) Paragraphs and phrases.

2. Where is the woman sitting at the beginning of "Melpomene: Tragedy"?
(a) In a restaurant.
(b) In the front of a theater.
(c) In her mother's house.
(d) On the roadside.

3. What does Mother do with her wages?
(a) Funds the childrens' education.
(b) Pays room and board, then sends the rest home.
(c) Maintains a modest existence with enough to eat.
(d) Pays off loans.

4. In "Urania: Astronomy," the speaker has a hard time distinguishing rain from which of the following?
(a) Snow.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Running water.
(d) Sleet.

5. What is Mother's ethnicity?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Korean.
(c) Chinese.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has Mother spent in exile?

2. What year does Mother graduate from college?

3. Who does the narrator fetch to persuade her brother not to participate in the demonstration?

4. On what day did Guan Soon lead a revolutionary protest?

5. In "Clio: History," whose name does the anonymous woman call three times?

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