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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Ode to the Beloved's Hips" through "The First Water Is the Body".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the entire poem explains why the speaker is like a god. What technique is this an example of?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Symbolism.

2. What is significant about the star Antares in "Blood-Light"?
(a) It is one half of a "double" star.
(b) It is a star that recently went super-nova.
(c) This is the proper name for the "North Star."
(d) It is also called the "heart of the scorpion."

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," how does the tone shift with the image of the speaker looking out the window?
(a) It becomes angrier and more strident.
(b) It becomes more buoyant with desire.
(c) It becomes more objectively intellectual.
(d) It becomes darker and lonelier.

4. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"
(a) How to tell her lover that she wants them to have a child.
(b) Her mother's motive for constantly trying to feed her.
(c) A way to communicate genuine joy.
(d) Her brother's motive for trying to stab her.

5. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?
(a) Baseball.
(b) An ancient Mesoamerican ball game.
(c) Lacross.
(d) Basketball.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?

3. In "American Arithmetic," what does the narrator suggest is better than being invisible?

4. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what kind of food is mentioned twice?

5. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?

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