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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 speaker refers to "ichor." What does this word mean?
(a) A prolonged period of lazy satisfaction.
(b) The substance that the Greek gods had instead of blood.
(c) A strong desire to engage in sexual activity.
(d) The wine that the gods drank on Mount Olympus.

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

3. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?
(a) Blood.
(b) Stars.
(c) Love.
(d) Land.

4. In "Skin-Light," what is the most likely antecedent of "it" in the line "My whole life I have obeyed it" (21)?
(a) "Skin-Light."
(b) This "god-made place."
(c) "The opened-gold field."
(d) The "glide of the hand."

5. What vehicle is mentioned in the opening of "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word"?
(a) Subway train.
(b) Airplane.
(c) Ambulance.
(d) Taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Jacques Derrida mentioned in "The First Water Is the Body"?

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

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

4. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?

5. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," to what does the speaker compare the United States?

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