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In Craig Raine's poem \"A Martian Sends a Postcard Home,\" the Martian describes a telephone as a 'haunted apparatus' that 'snorts' and 'is at rest' only when held to the ear. True or False?
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True only in the sense that the Martian identifies it as a music box
False
True
False, because the poem never mentions electrical devices
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In the poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home," the Martian interprets a book as a 'mechanical bird' that flaps its wings and marks the eyes. True or False?
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False, the Martian compares books to mirrors reflecting the soul
True, but the Martian believes the book is actually a living creature
True
False
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In Craig Raine's poem \"A Martian Sends a Postcard Home,\" the Martian describes a telephone as a 'haunted apparatus' that 'snorts' and 'is at rest' only when held to the ear. True or False?
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In the poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home," the Martian interprets a book as a 'mechanical bird' that flaps its wings and marks the eyes. True or False?
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In Craig Raine's poem, the Martian describes the rain as a 'film' that 'makes the world more bright' and 'transparent.' True or False?
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In Craig Raine's poem \"A Martian Sends a Postcard Home,\" the Martian describes a toilet as a 'punishment' where adults go to 'suffer' in a room of 'shame'. True or False?
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In the poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home," the Martian correctly identifies the 'Model T' as a vintage automobile and describes its movement across the land. True or False?
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In Craig Raine's poem \"A Martian Sends a Postcard Home,\" the Martian describes a clock as a 'hidden tick' that humans wear on their wrists to tell the future. True or False?
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In Craig Raine's poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home," the Martian characterizes the act of dreaming as humans having 'colors die' behind their eyelids. True or False?
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In the poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home," the Martian describes a car as a 'room that can move' where the users must sit still while the film of the world is erased by a 'shingle.' True or False?
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In Craig Raine's 'A Martian Sends a Postcard Home,' the Martian describes a television as a 'haunted box' that captures people and forces them to repeat their actions. True or False?
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In Craig Raine's poem "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home," the Martian interprets a person smoking a pipe as a person catching fire and 'engaging the smoke' with their hands. True or False?
