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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Künstlerroman," when does the speaker dance with his mother?
(a) During a huge snowstorm.
(b) During her second wedding.
(c) During a wedding.
(d) During his own graduation.

2. In "Nothing," what does the speaker brush from Peter's beard?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Ice.
(c) Crumbs.
(d) Fuzz.

3. In "Künstlerroman," who does the man in the movie end up being?
(a) The speaker.
(b) The speaker's father.
(c) A famous actor.
(d) The speaker's best friend.

4. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say a morgue can also be?
(a) A community center.
(b) An omen.
(c) A library.
(d) A church.

5. In "No One Knows the Way to Heaven," what does the speaker think might be temporary?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Extinction.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Time.

6. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what painkiller does the worker buy?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Motrin.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Advil.

7. In "Reasons for Staying," what sounds "like footsteps" when you play it?
(a) The broken piano under a bridge in Windsor.
(b) The guitar.
(c) The window.
(d) The flute.

8. In "Künstlerroman," what does the speaker compare cigarettes in the dark to?
(a) Christmas lights.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fireflies in a bomb shelter.
(d) Stars.

9. In "Reasons for Staying," mercy is small, but what is smaller?
(a) The moon.
(b) The earth.
(c) The stars.
(d) The sun.

10. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what book of the Bible does Vuong quote from?
(a) Aftermath.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Corinthians.

11. In "Reasons for Staying," what is the only thing that rhymes with music?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Music.

12. In "Nothing," what do ghosts who are family say?
(a) Funny things.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Lies.
(d) Mean things.

13. In "Nothing," whose recipe is the bread recipe?
(a) The speaker's.
(b) The neighbor's.
(c) The speaker's mother's.
(d) Peter's grandmother's.

14. In "Reasons for Staying," what keeps burning in California?
(a) The sea.
(b) The moors.
(c) The hills.
(d) The books.

15. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker want his younger self to know?
(a) You can be nothing and still breathing.
(b) You are charming.
(c) You have a future abroad.
(d) You are worthless.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Künstlerroman," what birthday does the speaker revisit?

2. In "The Punctum," how does the speaker describe "the skill lodged in the gravedigger's hands"?

3. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what purchase does the worker make that seems to be in anticipation of her death?

4. In "Not Even," what does the speaker "throw himself" into?

5. In "Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker," what are some purchases that reveal the worker's pain?

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