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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in New York does the author describe the cafe where he had coffee in "Coffee without the Saucer"?
(a) SoHo.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) The Lower East Side.

2. What character did the bellhop perform a monologue of for the author in "Beast Mode"?
(a) Banquo.
(b) Lady Macbeth.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) King Lear.

3. Who wrote the book The Hatred of Poetry?
(a) Rainer Maria Rilke.
(b) Ben Lerner.
(c) Michelle Alexander.
(d) Zadie Smith.

4. What restaurant chain does the author reference with the pancake breakfast special "Delight Stack" (107) in "Stacking Delights"?
(a) McDonald's.
(b) IHOP.
(c) TGI Fridays.
(d) Denny's.

5. Who does the author describe tapping him on the arm in "Tap Tap"?
(a) A male passenger.
(b) A flight attendant.
(c) An infant.
(d) A female passenger.

6. Who was the author's friend that lived across from the graveyard and was later murdered in the essay "Flower in the Curb"?
(a) Jason Harris.
(b) Jack Morris.
(c) Don Belton.
(d) Roger Wilson.

7. What kind of plant does the author describe growing in the cracks of the sidewalk in "The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes"?
(a) Amaranth.
(b) Daffodil.
(c) Hyacinth.
(d) Dandelion.

8. Who made the author's infinity scarf that is described in "Infinity"?
(a) Danni.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Anna.
(d) Marc.

9. Whose quote does the author describe inside the elevator doors at the Embassy Suites in "Some Stupid Shit"?
(a) Derek Walcott.
(b) C.D. Wright.
(c) Zadie Smith.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

10. What book is did the author have open in "Praying Mantis"?
(a) The Underground.
(b) When Women Were Birds.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) No One Knows My Name.

11. Where does the author describe being on his way to for a reading in "Umbrella in the Cafe"?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Trenton.
(c) Princeton.
(d) New Brunswick.

12. What food does the author describe eating in his recurring dreams in "Inefficiency"?
(a) Chicken pineapple pizza.
(b) A veggie burger and fries.
(c) Cheesecake.
(d) Hot dogs.

13. How long did the author's friend say it would take for the hickory trees to be in full production in "Hickories"?
(a) 100-150 years.
(b) 200-250 years.
(c) 50-100 years.
(d) 25-300 years.

14. What is the name of the vegetarian cafe the author's partner opened?
(a) Pulp.
(b) The Flour Sack.
(c) The Fox.
(d) The Beet.

15. Where did the author attend elementary and high school?
(a) Levittown, Pennsylvania.
(b) New Hope, Pennsylvania.
(c) New Brunswick, New Jersey.
(d) Trenton, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug was introduced about five years into Walt's illness, leading to a remission for him?

2. At what school does the author describe reading poems to a group of students in "Weirdly Untitled"?

3. Where does the author describe his mother's home in "Airplane Rituals"?

4. What movie about the Supreme Court case that banned the ban on interracial marriage does the author describe in "Weirdly Untitled"?

5. Who wrote the Duino Elegies?

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