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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 "Asterion's Lament," what does the phrase, "Go forward, always down" represent (27)?
(a) Ariadne's advice to Theseus.
(b) Directions from the forest to the sea.
(c) The title of a Whitman poem.
(d) Commentary about U.S. history.

2. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?
(a) The battle against erasure.
(b) Her relationship with her lover.
(c) Her relationship with her brother.
(d) The struggle for Native sovereignty.

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?
(a) She associates lightening with violence.
(b) She associates lightening with Manhattan.
(c) She associates lightening with whiteness.
(d) She associates lightening with rain.

4. In "Asterion's Lament," what kind of a creature is "Asterion"?
(a) Half-fish and half-human.
(b) Half-bull and half-human.
(c) Half-snake and half-human.
(d) Half-bird and half-human.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ink-Light," the speaker mentions "the ramus" of which of the beloved's body parts?

2. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?

3. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," why are pears, apples, and figs specifically mentioned?

4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "Atman." Which idea is this Hindu concept related most closely to?

5. In "Like Church," to what does the speaker compare the beloved's hip?

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