MacCaig Revision quiz

1. In Assisi, how is the dwarf’s physical appearance described?

• A) "Bent like a question mark"

• • B) "With his hands on backwards"

• • C) "With limbs twisted in prayer"

• • D) "Fragile like a doll"

2. Which lines in Assisi shows the poet’s critique of the church's wealth?

• • A) "A priest explained how clever it was of Giotto"

• • B) "The frescoes of the church in delicate paint"

• • C) "The suffering Christ on the altar"

• • D) "The grand majesty of the basilica"

3. In Assisi, which phrase conveys the vulnerability of the beggar?

• • A) "brother of the poor, talker with birds"

• • B) "Tiny twisted legs"

• • B) "A rush of tourists, clucking contentedly"

• • D) "a voice as sweet as a child’s"

4. In Brooklyn Cop, which line describes the physical strength of the cop?

• • A) "Should the tissue tear"

• • B) "Built like a gorilla but less timid"

• • C) "he walks the sidewalk and the
    thin tissue over violence"

• D) "What clubbings, what gunshots"

Which quote from Brooklyn Cop reveals the brutality of his environment?

• • A) "What clubbings, what gunshots"

• B) "with two hieroglyphs in his face that mean trouble"

• C) "he said, ‘See you, babe’ to his wife"

• D) "thick-fleshed, steak-coloured"

In Brooklyn Cop, what line suggests a more human side to the character?

• A) "whose eyes wept pus"

• • B) "He hoped it, he truly hoped it"

• • C) "A helicopter skirting like a damaged insect"

• • D) "So who's the monster?"

In Basking Shark, what line describes the initial shock of encountering the shark?

• A) "gorilla with a nightstick"

• B) "He displaced more than water."

• C) "To stub an oar on a rock"

• • D) "on a sea tin-tacked with rain"

Which line in Basking Shark reflects on humanity’s place in the natural world?

• • A) "So who's the monster?"

• B) "the glittering canyons and gulches"

• • C) "With his hands on backwards"

• • D) "To stub an oar on a rock"

In Hotel Room 12th Floor, which line evokes the city’s violence?

• A) "the ruined temple outside"

• • B) "Built like a gorilla but less timid"

• • C) "The wildest of warwhoops"

• D) "gunshots between Phoebe’s Whamburger and Louie’s Place"

What imagery in Hotel Room 12th Floor creates a sense of hostility?

• A) "a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect"

• B) "Built like a gorilla but less timid"

• C) "the blood glazed on sidewalks"

• D) "But midnight is not / so easily defeated"