1 What personal practice of Vuong's is especially relevant to the poem "The Bull"/ Atheism Zen Buddhism Prayer Writing 2 What story does this poem engage with? Genesis Ten Bulls The Gates of Paradise The Flood 3 Where does "The Bull" appear in the collection? in the middle last poem of the last section first poem of the first section epigraph 4 How does the poem's placement affect the entire collection? It relates to the poems in Section I It relates to the poems in Section IV Sets the tone, introduces thematic throughline of transformations It has no bearing on the entire collection 5 How many lines does the poem "The Bull" have? 22 21 20 14 6 Who is standing alone in the backyard at the beginning of the poem? The speaker's mother The speaker The speaker's father The Bull 7 Finish this quote: "...so dark / the night__" bruised around him looked light purpled around him swallowed him 8 What is the poem's form? Tercets Free verse Couplets Quatrains 9 What is the poem's meter? Free verse Anapest meter Trochaic meter Iambic pentameter 10 How many stanzas does the poem have? 3 1 2 4 11 Why does the speaker step outside? He wants to fight the bull He becomes a matador He wants to escape the bull He claims he has no choice 12 What color are the bull's eyes? night purple ocean blue kerosene blue bruised blue 13 What does the speaker ask the bull? What it needs What it wants If the bull will spare him The speaker does not ask the bull anything 14 Which of the following does not appear in "The Bull?" War Self exploration Reaching Entrances 15 What language does the speaker claim to be speaking? English Written language only Vietnamese No language 16 According to the speaker, what does it mean to be a boy? to love to play to be a child to be responsible to one's mother to be a murderer of childhood 17 What quality of the bull's does the speaker focus on? Divinity Beauty Hurtfulness Gentleness 18 In reaching for the bull, what does the speaker say he is reaching for? The bull's soul Answers The depths Beauty 19 How does the poet write out the conjunction "and"? + & and this conjunction does not appear in this poem 20 What is the poem's color palette? Rainbow Cool colors Gray and black Warm colors 21 What is the entrance of the bull compared to? The speaker's mother Zeus The speaker himself A god 22 What particular theme does this poem introduce? Entrances War Relationship to Mother Animal instincts 23 How does "The Bull" relate to the final poem in the collection? In "The Bull," the speaker reaches toward an animal-shaped entrance that represents himself. In the last poem, he finds freedom. In "The Bull," the speaker reaches toward an animal-shaped entrance that represents his mother. In the last poem, he finds the bull and kills him. In "The Bull," the speaker reaches toward an animal-shaped entrance that represents himself. In the last poem, he finds his mother in the afterlife. In "The Bull," the speaker reaches toward an animal-shaped entrance that represents himself. In the last poem, he finds the bull and kills him. 24 Why doesn't the speaker want the bull? He is scared of the bull He doesn't want the bull to be beautiful He wants a horse instead He doesn't like himself 25 What is the Zen story The Ten Bulls about? Eschewing attachment Learning how to relate to animals Self-realization Learning how to meditate
