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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 "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?
(a) A headache.
(b) A traffic accident.
(c) Fabric.
(d) Wind.

2. In "exhibits from The American Water Museum," whose admission price is "the kidneys" (64)?
(a) Fish.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Children.
(d) Natives.

3. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," how many dams does the speaker say "shatter" the Colorado (61)?
(a) 3.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.

4. In "Asterion's Lament," the speaker talks about "the slake of a monster's appetite" (28). What does "slake" mean in this context?
(a) Danger.
(b) Enormity.
(c) Satisfaction.
(d) Crumbling away.

5. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?
(a) Anthimeria.
(b) Aphorismus.
(c) Neologism.
(d) Encomium.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?

2. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?

3. In the opening of "Skin-Light," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?

4. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?

5. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what is anger said to be a demand for?

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