1 Why is the title of the poem "Tissue?" The title alludes to both meanings of the word in the poem: thin paper and human skin. Paper is thin and allows the sun to shine through. Human skin is a type of tissue. The poet needed to blow her nose. 2 What is the poem's meter? iambic tetrameter blank verse iambic pentameter free verse 3 What is the poem's form? nine quatrains and a single line twelve couplets nine quatrains ten quatrains 4 What does paper most relate to in the poem? Books Impermanence and ugliness of life Fragility and beauty of life Waste 5 What is one way in which paper is NOT considered in the poem? The environmental impact Economic records Buildings made of paper The search for knowledge 6 According to the speaker, what could alter things? Capitals and monuments Paper that is thin from lack of care Paper that is thick and durable Paper that lets the light shine through 7 What was written in the back of the Koran? Grocery lists Architectural designs Diary Family histories 8 Which of the following is a simile? "Fine slips from grocery shops / that say how much was sold" "with living tissue, raise a structure" "might fly our lives like paper kites" "An architect could use all this, / place layer over layer, luminous / script over numbers over line," 9 Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration? "never wish to build again with brick // or block" "pages smoothed and stroked" "has written in the names and histories" "transparent, // turned into your skin" 10 What point(s) of view is/are present in the poem? Second and third person First and second person First person Third person 11 What is the metaphor in the following lines: "An architect could use all this, / place layer over layer, luminous / script over numbers over line"? Layers are compared to strata in the earth. Writing is compared to living. Architects are compared to writers. The products of writing are compared to building materials. 12 Who is the protagonist? Imtiaz Dharker Ayesha Dharker The speaker who meditates on paper and the transitive nature of life The speaker's mother who meditates on paper and the transitive nature of life 13 Who is the antagonist? Human hubris that believes in immortality and permanence Human hubris that causes someone to think they can remember business records without writing them down God Human hubris that causes someone to write in the holy book 14 What is the poem's tone? Prideful, Self-Aware, Constructive Meditative, Constructive, Humble Meditative, Hesitant, Constructive, Angry Humble, Self-Deprecating, Facetious 15 What is the poem's conflict? Throughout history, many people have constructed buildings they think will last forever Throughout history, paper buildings have been known to not last Throughout history, many people have not wanted to consider mortality because it is against their religion Throughout history, many people have not wanted to consider mortality because it makes them feel fragile 16 What is a synecdoche? the repeating of consonant sounds right next to each other, which creates a memorable or melodic effect. a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa, a word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated a literary technique that places opposite things or ideas next to one another in order to draw out their contrast. 17 Which is an example of a synecdoche? The image of "a hand" writing a genealogy into the back of the Koran Maps The architect who represents the creator The skin of the reader 18 What is the poem's setting? Ancient civilizations An attic where the speaker comes across the Koran The setting takes place in the speaker's mind as the reader is guided through various mediations on paper. An office where the architect designs paper buildings 19 What is significant about the poem's setting? Setting is not significant The poem is more focused on meditating on the transient nature of life using the metaphor of paper than on telling a specific story. The setting helps tell a story about finding the Koran and converting to Islam. The poem is more focused on providing random images that do not relate to each other than on telling a specific story. 20 What does it mean to "alter" something? to place it on an altar with the intention of sacrifice and prayer to give something to a priest to attempt to preserve it to change it or cause a change in its character or composition 21 How do the pages of the Koran become transparent in the poem? They are touched and smoothed often, showing the care with which the owner handles the book They are very dusty, showing the way the book was in the attic for many years They are handled by children who love to read the stories They are handled very roughly, leading to the book's decay 22 What do architects do? Design buildings Demolition Take part in the construction Neglect aesthetics in favor of functionality 23 What does the architect become in the poem? Muhammad The speaker An engineer The creator 24 How does the poet portray our relationship with the economic system in the poem? The slips of paper with a grocery's business records crush our lives like a building The slips of paper with a grocery's business records show that the speaker is in debt The slips of paper with a grocery's business records fly our lives like a brick kite The slips of paper with a grocery's business records fly our lives like a paper kite 25 Which image is repeated throughout the poem? Paper as beautiful and thick People's hubris People relying on maps Light shining through paper