View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "I, Minotaur" through "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 23 of "Run'n'Gun," the speaker says, "we became coyotes and rivers." What technique is being used in this line?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Double entendre.
(d) Metaphor.

2. In "Asterion's Lament," to what is the beloved's body compared besides water?
(a) A garden.
(b) A palace.
(c) A desert.
(d) A maze.

3. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?
(a) "Light-well."
(b) "Chalcedony."
(c) "Lamp-Land."
(d) "Calabash."

4. In "Wolf OR-7," the speaker describes a "tourmaline" dusk. What does tourmaline look like?
(a) It is opaque, varying from red to orange.
(b) It is a clouded and luminous orange.
(c) It is clear, with hues shifting from green to pink.
(d) It is a clear yellow, but has green, blue, and pink occlusions.

5. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," what does the speaker claim causes the milky appearance of the galaxy?
(a) The quivering of her lover's body.
(b) Dust from the moon.
(c) The movement of fish.
(d) Sparks from the sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ink-Light," the speaker mentions "the ramus" of which of the beloved's body parts?

2. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," why does the speaker take her brother's call?

3. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the phrase, "Go forward, always down" represent (27)?

4. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what does the speaker compare breathing to?

5. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," how does the speaker's brother respond to her description of the cranes' dance?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 310 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample