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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 "Skin-Light," the speaker refers to "violet, biliruben/ bloom." What is she describing?
(a) Stones.
(b) Painting.
(c) Bruises.
(d) Flowers.

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

3. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?
(a) Fairy tales and fables create unrealistic expectation about love.
(b) She worries about assuming that she knows how her relationship will end.
(c) She feels controlled by her partner's whims and desires.
(d) It is easy to fall into the trap of fulfilling a stereotype.

4. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?
(a) Personification.
(b) Enjambment.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Synechdoche.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wolf OR-7," what state has the solitary wolf "OR-7" entered?

2. In "Like Church," what does the speaker say she has "escaped through" (29)?

3. What technique is used in the "American Arithmetic" lines, "I do not remember the days before America--/ I do not remember the days when we were all here" (17)?

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

5. What is significant about the star Antares in "Blood-Light"?

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