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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," seeing a photograph of her mother, the speaker reminds herself she once wrote what?
(a) About whether or not we can live long, happy lives.
(b) About whether or not we are able to save ourselves or others.
(c) About whether or not we can truly love others.
(d) About whether or not we can stop aging.

2. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man pretends to do what?
(a) Choke.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Spit.

3. "The Everlasting Self" is about one coming in from where?
(a) Outside.
(b) The car.
(c) The snow.
(d) The rain.

4. How does "Ghazal" end?
(a) Our name our name our name our fraught, fraught name.
(b) Say my name! Say my name!
(c) Oh what a beautiful thing it is to have a name.
(d) What is in a name?

5. "Urban Youth" begins as the speaker remembers being woken up by an older sibling on Saturday mornings to do what?
(a) Watch cartoons.
(b) Go for a run.
(c) Play with toys.
(d) Ride bikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does “Unrest in Baton Rouge” begin?

2. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a brother write a sister in a letter asking her to care for his child?

3. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?

4. “The Greatest Personal Privation” and “Unwritten” come from letters written between whom?

5. In "A Man's World," when the world is shown, to what is it compared?

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