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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem "tsunami" depicts how many survivors of sexual violence struggling to metaphorically keep their heads above water?
(a) Millions.
(b) Tens of thousands.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Thousands.

2. Which of the following terms most closely resembles the way in which Anderson uses the phrase "bonfire/of his vanities" in the poem entitled "not responsible for contents" (238)?
(a) Parody.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Metaphor.

3. The poem entitled "emerging" on page 254 focuses on the strength and volatility of which group of people?
(a) The elderly.
(b) The young.
(c) Women.
(d) Poets.

4. In what state was the school where someone pulled the fire alarm at the moment Anderson began her afternoon assembly?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Vermont.

5. Anderson states that she speaks to thousands of teens and hundreds of which other group of people at book festivals?
(a) Poets.
(b) Survivors of sexual violence.
(c) Writers.
(d) Teachers.

6. What is the name of the priest featured at the center of the poem entitled "a boy, a priest unholy" (244)?
(a) Father Gabriel.
(b) Father James.
(c) Father Luke.
(d) Father Michael.

7. What did the professor in "drawn and quartered" do to make his class feel slightly dirty upon exiting his class?
(a) He gave compliments.
(b) He used inappropriate touch.
(c) He drew pictures.
(d) He sang songs.

8. To whom does Anderson address the poem entitled "innocence" (192)?
(a) Men who are proud to call themselves feminists.
(b) Those who provide inadequate sex education.
(c) Those who speak out against sexual violence.
(d) Those who censor her books.

9. To how many years in prison was the man at the center of the poem "not responsible for contents" (238) sentenced?
(a) 90.
(b) 180.
(c) 5.
(d) 40.

10. How many hours per week did Anderson work while attending Georgetown full-time?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

11. Before Anderson traveled to Denmark, her parents had been waiting until what time of day to drink alcohol?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Noon.
(d) After work.

12. What perk of the telemarketing position made Anderson adore her job, though it paid very litte?
(a) She was allowed to call her grandmother for an hour a day for ten dollars.
(b) She was allowed to call her grandmother for an hour a day for free.
(c) She could call her sister for an hour a day for free.
(d) She could call her mother for an hour a day for free.

13. With what emotion did Anderson's new friend greet Anderson's mistake with the lemon and cream during tea?
(a) Glee.
(b) Scorn.
(c) Fun.
(d) Hilarity.

14. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being what "as hell"?
(a) Blind.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Deaf.

15. Anderson states that "when you get a letter from jail," (239) what object reads "Not Responsible for Contents" (239)?
(a) The front of the envelope.
(b) The stamp.
(c) The flap of the envelope.
(d) The inside of the envelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem entitled "forgiveness" uses which academic subject as a method of exposing the frequency with which young women experience sexual violence?

2. What does the Wite-out in the poem entitled "calving iceberg" (138) symbolize?

3. In the poem entitled "ignore stupid advice," what is NOT a piece of the long list of "stupid advice" (231) offered?

4. Anderson describes survivors of intercourse-free sexual violence as telling her that they know they should feel in what way?

5. With whom did Anderson watch the broadcast of Lady Diana's funeral?

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