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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 "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," the speaker describes something as "Maenad." What is this a reference to?
(a) Demeter's daughter.
(b) Orpheus's wife.
(c) King Menelaus's wife.
(d) Dionysus's female followers.

2. In "The Mustangs," what figure of speech is employed in the phrase "hooves rumbling like weather in my ears" (35)?
(a) Simile.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Pathetic Fallacy.
(d) Personification.

3. What does the title "Catching Copper" literally refer to?
(a) Getting shot.
(b) Working in a mine.
(c) Playing a game with pennies.
(d) Capturing an escaped dog.

4. In "Ink-Light," the speaker mentions "the ramus" of which of the beloved's body parts?
(a) Stomach.
(b) Thigh.
(c) Jaw.
(d) Eye.

5. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," who is mentioned as having stolen the Creator's heart?
(a) Coyote.
(b) Raven.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," where does the speaker's recurring dream take place?

2. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what are "our conquerors" compared to (44)?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the entire poem explains why the speaker is like a god. What technique is this an example of?

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

5. In "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?

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