Bei Dao Poems
Who does Bei Dao concealingly refer to?
Mao ZeDong
What does the number 7 represent in Seventh Man?
Why does the narrator feel a deep sense of guilt regarding K.’s death?
He stood there and didn't do anything. Then he ran away.
What is the subject of the "Bombing of Black Wall Street"?
A bet; an agreement to risk something on an uncertain outcome.
A wager. extra 50 points if pronounced well the first time.
Which dogs are the heads of both packs?
Majnoun and Atticus
In the opening stanza, the contrast between "the ID pass of the cruel" and "the grave stone of the honest" implies that in this society
Those that are honest die, whereas the liars survive and thrive.
What does the number 3 represent in Seventh Man?
The trinity, the resurrection of Jesus, and the amount of days the narrator is in a coma before he wakes back up.
What is the name of the author of Seventh Man?
Haruki Murakami
How many people are estimated to have died during the massacre?
About 300, though many believe there might be more.
a slow careful way of doing something.
deliberation
What is the main genre in Fifteen Dogs?
Allegory
What does this line mean:
The ruins of a lighthouse
still hold the great beams from the past.
That somethings of old China were great. They got taken down but they could potentially come back and make China "great again"
What biblical event is in allegorized in Fifteen Dogs' Garden of Death Scene? Specifically them eating together? Who is Judas?
The Last Supper. Atticus is Judas because he goes away to betray Benjy.
Why do the narrator, K and the province they live in have either no name, or one letter in their name?
So the reader can feel like it could be them or anyone they know.
Who was the speaker of the article Bombing of Black Wall Street?
Allison Keys, Buck Colbert Franklin, or John Hope Franklin.
Strong feelings or anxieties that something bad is about to happen; forebodings.
premonitions
What mythological being are in Fifteen Dogs? Name all six.
Apollo, Hermes, Zeus, Three Fates.
What are the names of all three poems we looked at in class?
Answers, An unfamiliar beach, and quiet and tremble
The "burden of consciousness" in Fifteen Dogs is allegorized by what Bible story?
Adam and Eve
Murakami is often known for using what sort of genre?
Magical Realism
What was the event that triggered the Bombing of Black Wall Street
A black man ran out of an elevator, and the white female elevator operator inside accused him of sexual harassment. Still to this day, we do not know what actually happened.
Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute; naturally belonging to it.
Inherent
What is the different connotation between the words "mount" and "make love"?
Mount connotes more power and undesired (rape), to make love connotes two people that consent and love each other.
What was the name of the group of poets Bei Dao is a part of?
The Misty Poets
How is Atticus' burden of consciousness a reflection of Adam and Eve's biting of the apple.
He becomes shameful while sniffing other dogs' butts.
What literary device is used to go back and forth throughout the past?
Frame Narrative: inner frame and outer frame.
Why do many people disagree with the event being called "The Riot of Black Wall Street"?
It puts the blame of the black citizens of Black Wall Street rather than the hundreds of white people who did the terrorizing and bombing.
showing a wish to help or bring advantages to others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself.
Altruistic
Name all the fifteen dogs.
Atticus, Majnoun, Prince, Benjy, Frick, Frack, Max, Rosie, Bella, Athena, Bobbie, Dougie, Agatha, Ronaldinho, and Lydia.