Monday, November 01, 2010

Quiz by Linh Dinh

From  Quiz by Linh Dinh

Pushed to the ground and kicked by a gang of soldiers, about to be shot, you can save your life by brandishing:

a) an uzi
b) a crucifix
c) the Constitution
d) a poem

A poem can:

a) start a war
b) stanch a wound
c) titillate the masses
d) shame a nation

Poets are:

a) clowns
b) parasites
c) legislators
d) terrorists

[The whole poem at Poetry Foundation]

 

5 comments:

km said...

Poets are:

a) clowns
b) parasites
c) legislators
d) terrorists

Disappointed at the missing "all of the above" choice.

j/k. Everyone knows poets are legislators.

Space Bar said...

km: Oh, I think you should read and all/none into each of them, devise your own list of right answers and a scale appropriate to your results. :D me - I'll go with (a).

Crp said...

In case you haven't seen this before:

http://jacketmagazine.com/15/clark-r-ashb.html

Space Bar said...

crp: no i hadn't! thanks. :D

Cheshire Cat said...

Now that merits a Faustian bargain...