Who is the narrator of the story?
a. a woman who felt bad for the victim d. The narrator is not a physical character in the
b. one of the boys story.
c. one of the older men watching
Ques. 2What is the setting of this story?
a. a city subway train c. someone's home
b. on a street d. the countryside
Ques. 3When the narrator of A Failure of Alchemy looks back and says, When I was twenty and not so sure / it was good to live, you were the man / who stood by the completed painting, / and placed the magnifying glass in my hand, / and said, Look what I made,' it can be inferred from the narrator's statement that
a. it was the young narrator's painting that the older artist was complimenting.
b. the narrator was appreciating a new work by the great artist.
c. the older artist was pompous and distant.
d. the young narrator was confident about life.
Ques. 4The tone of the narrator in Failures of Alchemy can best be described as
a. humorous and joyous. c. proud and apologetic.
b. nostalgic and gentle. d. worshipful and bitter.
Ques. 5The reference to wood, earth / or cleansing, consumptive fire in the first stanza is a reference to
a. after death rituals. c. methods of suicide.
b. lack of shelter. d. the hunger for life.
Ques. 6Who is the mighty woman with a torch referenced in the second stanza of first poem?
a. a sculpture of a large woman c. an immigrant mother
b. a symbol of people from all over the world d. the Statue of Liberty
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