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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 “Monday Aubade”?
(a) “My lover doesn’t realize that I’ve contemplated this scenario.”
(b) “To be next to you again.”
(c) “Tonight, after reading Lorca’s Cante jondo, I’m ready, dressed.”
(d) “You would have, too.”

2. Which of the following admits the narrator’s brother back home in “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The narrator’s mother.
(c) The narrator’s sister.
(d) The narrator’s father.

3. Behind which of the following does the narrator note her brother marches?
(a) Thaïs.
(b) Gnathaena.
(c) Phryne.
(d) Aspasia.

4. To which of the following does the narrator compare a shark’s jaws?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A chalice.
(c) A cilice.
(d) A necklace.

5. From which of the following does the narrator lick apple juice in “I Watch Her Eat the Apple”?
(a) Her beloved’s chin.
(b) Her beloved’s palm.
(c) Her beloved’s chest.
(d) Her beloved’s lips.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the narrator’s father compare his children?

2. Which of the following bones does the narrator’s brother mention in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

3. Which of the following is the first line of “My Brother at 3 A.M.”?

4. From which of the following does a horse leap in “Self-Portrait as a Chimera”?

5. Which of the following does the narrator note has been disassembled in “As a Consequence of My Brother Stealing All the Lightbulbs”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does the narrator give for considering a skull in “Dome Riddle”?

2. In “Self-Portrait as a Chimera,” the narrator presents herself as facing execution. How does she relate herself to her lover as she does?

3. Into what sections is “Formication” divided?

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

5. In what ways does the narrator note that she and her siblings are bestial in “Zoology”?

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

7. How does the narrator summarize the appearance of her parents’ home in “How to Go to Dinner with a Brother on Drugs”?

8. What questions does the narrator ask in “Toward the Amaranth Gates of War or Love” (75)?

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” note having been created?

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