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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. Which of the following is the first line of “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) “While she sleeps, I paint.”
(b) “Tonight I am riddled by this thick skull.”
(c) “Tonight the city is glimmered.”
(d) “She twirls it in her left hand.”

2. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the loincloth of a greedy god?
(a) Lynx.
(b) Cougar.
(c) Jaguar.
(d) Bobcat.

3. Which of the following is the first section of “Downhill Triolets”?
(a) Tribal Cops, Geronimo, Jimi Hendrix, and My Brother.
(b) My Brother and Me.
(c) Sisyphus and My Brother.
(d) God, Lionel Richie, and My Brother.

4. Which of the following does the narrator associate with the headdress of a greedy god?
(a) White antlers.
(b) Blooming amaranths.
(c) Green feathers.
(d) Red feathers.

5. Which of the following is the narrator named by “dark rosettes” (77)?
(a) Jaguar.
(b) Cougar.
(c) Bobcat.
(d) Lynx.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following dusts does the narrator note her brother glimmers?

2. To which of the following does the narrator compare an apple in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?

3. Which of the following does the narrator of “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” claim is the purpose of war?

4. Which of the following does the narrator’s brother wants to kill him in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

5. Which of the following does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” report painting on her lover’s *palms*?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator posit might be the worst part of the funeral for her brother?

2. What reasons does the narrator give for taking her brother to dinner?

3. What does the narrator report her parents seek to become in “As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs”?

4. For what reason does the narrator note having hosted her brother?

5. What complaint does the narrator note her brother is likely to have in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

6. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

7. How does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” note having been created?

8. In what circumstances does the narrator of “When the Beloved Asks, ‘What Would You Do if You Woke Up and I Was a Shark?’” note having considered the question of the title?

9. What annoyance does the narrator note finding in Jesus in “Soirée Fantastique”?

10. How does the narrator of “I Lean Out the Window and She Nods Off in Bed, the Needle Gently Rocking on the Bedside Table” report painting her lover’s arms?

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