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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "I, Minotaur" through "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?
(a) A variety of jasper.
(b) A smoothed and polished stone.
(c) A small silver disk used to hold a bolo tie together.
(d) A silver buckle common in the Southwestern United States.

2. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?
(a) He starts spending more time with his girlfriend.
(b) He develops a substance use disorder.
(c) He develops a chronic injury.
(d) He gets more involved with his job and adult responsibilities.

3. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Double entente.
(d) Oxymoron.

4. In "The First Water Is the Body," what city's water crisis is specifically mentioned?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) Dos Palos, California.
(c) Flint, Michigan.
(d) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what is personified as a woman?

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the literal meaning of the figurative lines, "an American drone finds then loves/ a body--the radiant nectar it seeks" (15)?

3. In "American Arithmetic," what does the narrator suggest is better than being invisible?

4. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what number is described as "lucky" (42)?

5. In "It Was the Animals," what does the speaker want to do that her brother stops her from doing?

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