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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. Which of the following is the best descriptor of the tone of "American Arithmetic"?
(a) Macabre.
(b) Mordant.
(c) Solemn.
(d) Ambivalent.

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what does the speaker claim to do with her "mouth of smoke" (14)?
(a) Fill the room.
(b) Preserve meat.
(c) Put bees to sleep.
(d) Speak an unknown language.

3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," who tells the speaker "Don't stray" (19)?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her brother.

4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker addresses a lover who is not present in the poem. What technique is this an example of?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Personification.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what twentieth century American movie is alluded to?
(a) Raging Bull.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Star Wars.
(d) 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," who is mentioned as having stolen the Creator's heart?

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is the antecedent of the word "they" in the opening line "Haven't they moved like rivers?" (7)?

3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," when the speaker says that "Maps are ghosts," what technique is being used?

4. In "Asterion's Lament," what kind of a creature is "Asterion"?

5. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what other Indian author is mentioned?

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