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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. In "Ink-Light," what technique is employed in the line, "I touch her with the eyes of my skin" (34)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Meiosis.
(d) Synesthesia.

2. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?
(a) It compares him to a horse.
(b) It distinguishes him from the other boys.
(c) It stresses his determination.
(d) It foreshadows his injury.

3. In "Ink-Light," where are the speaker and her beloved?
(a) In the desert.
(b) In a hotel room.
(c) On a riverbank.
(d) On a snowy street.

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," to what does the speaker compare the United States?
(a) Broken ice.
(b) Broken glass.
(c) Spoiled milk.
(d) Spilled milk.

5. In "Wolf OR-7," what technique is being employed in the page 33 line, "My mind climbed the rise, fall, rise of your bared back"?
(a) Hypotaxis.
(b) Pun.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Syllogism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," what do the Natives lift into the sky?

2. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?

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

4. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?

5. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what is personified as a woman?

(see the answer key)

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