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