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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 "Wolf OR-7," what is the "trembling blue line" (32)?
(a) The line connecting stars in a constellation.
(b) The path the speaker travels to find the beloved.
(c) The GPS map of the wolf's movements.
(d) The Colorado River.

2. What does "exhibits from The American Water Museum" warn that you "cannot drink" (69)?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Flint's water.
(c) Dust.
(d) Money.

3. In "The First Water Is the Body," what word does the speaker borrow from John Berger?
(a) "Pre-verbal."
(b) "Channeled."
(c) "Juxtaposition."
(d) "Submerge."

4. In "I, Minotaur," what device is used in phrases like "love and what love becomes" and "appetite of your own appetite" (55)?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Parallelism.

5. In "The First Water Is the Body," what river does the author specifically discuss?
(a) The Salmon River.
(b) The Green River.
(c) The Blackfoot River.
(d) The Colorado River.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ink-Light," to what does the speaker compare her desire?

2. 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"?

3. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?

4. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," to what does the speaker compare the camera's aperture?

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

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