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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of "Elitere: Lyric Poetry," when does the ink spill thickest?
(a) When the pen is fresh.
(b) As the the ideas flow.
(c) Before it runs dry.
(d) When the writing is hardest.

2. In "Terpischore: Choral Dance," what does water on the surface of the stone capture?
(a) Vibrations from the sounds.
(b) Small insects.
(c) Dust particles floating by.
(d) Light in motion.

3. How is the young girl to serve the medicines she receives from the woman in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?
(a) With water and a bowl of rice.
(b) Mixed into a nourishing stew.
(c) Warmed over a fire.
(d) In the bowl the woman gives her.

4. According to the narrator of 'Retour,' what happens as you read?
(a) Intangible becomes tangible.
(b) The void inside is filled.
(c) Text becomes sounds.
(d) You mouth, and the word is transformed.

5. Where does the ruelle go in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?
(a) It leads to the next town.
(b) It leads to Seoul.
(c) It ends at the edge of the village.
(d) It continues past the last house infinitely outward.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to cool the approaching young girl in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?

2. What veils the earth in "Terpischore: Choral Dance"?

3. In "Erato: Love Poetry," what causes the woman to take a step backward?

4. What meteorological event occurs during "Terpischore: Choral Dance"?

5. In "Elitere: Lyric Poetry," what colors does the speaker describe in the sky?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss at least two possible meanings of the partition imagery which appears in "Elitere: Lyric Poetry."

2. Examine the camera directions which describe the woman's experience in the cinema in "Erato: Love Poetry."

3. Why is the young girl at the well in "Polymnia: Sacred Poetry"?

4. Discuss the opening lines of "Terpischore: Choral Dance." What is the general impression you gain from these lines? ("You remain dismembered...apart from the congregation.")

5. Examine the imagery of the veil in "Elitere: Lyric Poetry."

6. Describe the earth in "Terpischore: Choral Dance."

7. Why does Cha include the second, handwritten, letter to Mrs. Laura Claxton?

8. Discuss the photograph of the woman which concludes "Erato: Love Poetry."

9. Describe the rhythm of "Terpischore: Choral Dance."

10. Describe the woman's experience of the cinema in "Erato: Love Poetry."

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