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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

In Proposition 42, the speaker’s lecture notes read: “Heárt-bréak is a spondee,” which makes the speaker weep with despair. Why does poetic analysis make the poet feel hopeless? (from Propositions 22 - 62)

The speaker cannot face lecturing about poetry when she is experiencing writer’s block.

She believes analysis makes something lifeless.

It is another example of logic’s failure to explain the human experience.

She is overwhelmed by the demands of her daily life.

2.

Blue tarps are mentioned both in Propositions 3 and 18. Why is the image of a blue tarp important? (from Propositions 1 - 21)

It is a conventionally ordinary thing elevated to beauty by its color.

The speaker experiences its beauty privately even in public.

It is evidence of the divine in everyday life.

It is a distraction from the mundane events of the speaker’s life.

3.

Why is the speaker not jealous of the many other people who love the color blue or write books about it? (from Propositions 148 - 180)

Her relationship with blue is personal and therefore unique.

There is too much blue for one person.

Attraction to blue is a basic human compulsion.

She has a deeper relationship with blue than others do.

4.

For the speaker, what is the difference between clarity and truth? (from Propositions 99 - 133)

Clarity is achievable, but truth never is.

Clarity requires no change, but truth demands change.

Clarity can be false, while truth cannot.

Clarity can be an aspect of truth, but truth goes deeper into meaningfulness.

5.

What does the bird habitat metaphor in Proposition 199 represent? (from Propositions 181 - 208)

That the heart is fragile, like a bird’s nest.

That love is precious, even when it ends badly.

That the speaker’s heart is now empty like an abandoned nest.

That the speaker was left behind while “you” moved on.

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