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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Calliope: Epic Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do during confession?
(a) Remain speechless.
(b) Praise the priest for his service.
(c) Fabricate sins.
(d) Confess all and beg for absolution.

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

3. What did the Japanese laws mandate regarding pipes?
(a) They were to be short, unlike the traditional Korean bamboo pipes.
(b) They were to be long, made from bamboo.
(c) They were forbidden.
(d) They were only to be used to smoke tobacco.

4. What is the origin of the black ash described in the Opening?
(a) A great fire.
(b) A volcanic eruption.
(c) Palm Hosannah.
(d) Military conflict.

5. Which ritual occurs first on the First Friday?
(a) Novena.
(b) Communion.
(c) Dictee.
(d) Mass.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years of history were lost during the Japanese occupation?

2. How many languages does Mother speak?

3. Who does the anonymous narrator invoke to tell the story, in the Opening?

4. Under the new Japanese assembly, how did the King govern?

5. In the translation exercises in the Opening, which city does the traveler leave?

(see the answer key)

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