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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 "These Hands, If Not Gods," which religion's god is alluded to in the line "didn't you sing out their ninety-nine names?" (8)?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Islam.

2. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," why are pears, apples, and figs specifically mentioned?
(a) These are the fruits grown in the Garden of Eden.
(b) These are fruits commonly used as symbols of the female form.
(c) This refers back to the earlier allusion to Alcinous.
(d) This is an allusion to a 20th century American pop song.

3. What distinguishes "Run'n'Gun" from the poems that come before it in the collection?
(a) It is rhymed.
(b) It is a prose poem.
(c) It employs a regular meter.
(d) It is concrete poetry.

4. What figure from Mexican folklore is referred to in "exhibits from The American Water Museum"?
(a) Los Chaneques.
(b) El Coco.
(c) La Llorona.
(d) El Duende.

5. In "The First Water Is the Body," what protest does the speaker mention?
(a) The Occupation of Alcatraz.
(b) Occupy Wall Street.
(c) The Women's March on Washington.
(d) Standing Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is significant about the star Antares in "Blood-Light"?

2. In "Catching Copper," when the brothers are searching for their bullet, what sound is heard?

3. In "Wolf OR-7," what technique is being employed in the page 33 line, "My mind climbed the rise, fall, rise of your bared back"?

4. In "It Was the Animals," what does the speaker's brother tell her she can read about on the wood he has found?

5. 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)?

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