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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. What figure from Mexican folklore is referred to in "exhibits from The American Water Museum"?
(a) El Coco.
(b) Los Chaneques.
(c) El Duende.
(d) La Llorona.

2. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what does the speaker compare breathing to?
(a) The rolling of ocean waves.
(b) A magician's escape trick.
(c) Using bellows to stoke a fire.
(d) The flight of a hawk.

3. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?
(a) The battle against erasure.
(b) The struggle for Native sovereignty.
(c) Her relationship with her lover.
(d) Her relationship with her brother.

4. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
(a) "Thunderstruck."
(b) "Shot in the Dark."
(c) "Highway to Hell."
(d) "Back in Black."

5. What technique is used in "American Arithmetic" in the page 17 line "O, mine efficient country"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "exhibits from The American Water Museum," what does the speaker say is the "first violence against any body of water" (64)?

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," how does the tone shift with the image of the speaker looking out the window?

3. In "It Was the Animals," what technique is used in the description of the piece of the "ark" next to the speaker's coffee cup?

4. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker say is another name for "water" (27)?

5. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," to what object does the speaker compare her camera?

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