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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Melpomene: Tragedy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the "Opening" end?
(a) "Espiritu Sanctu."
(b) "Amen."
(c) "And it begins."
(d) "Nomine."

2. How does Mother repay her college loans?
(a) By working as a petty laborer in a camp.
(b) By teaching in an assigned post in the country.
(c) By working as a kitchen aid.
(d) By working for the Manchurian government.

3. In "Urania: Astronomy," where does the nurse begin her procedure?
(a) The right arm.
(b) The urinary tract.
(c) The left arm.
(d) The chest.

4. What medical procedure begins "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) A nurse measures respiration.
(b) A nurse draws blood.
(c) A nurse measures blood pressure.
(d) A nurse takes a urine sample.

5. What does the narrator bite in "Urania: Astronomy"?
(a) The lip.
(b) The arm.
(c) The tongue.
(d) The finger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simple act has not been forbidden of Mother?

2. How many daughters did Guan Soon's family have?

3. What is placed on the tongue in the Opening?

4. In "Urania: Astronomy," how does the narrator describe a syringe?

5. What language does Mother teach the children in?

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