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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 "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what nineteenth century America poet is mentioned?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Paul Laurence Dunbar.
(c) Louisa May Alcott.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

2. In "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?
(a) It refers to a character from the movie Sleepwalking.
(b) It refers to the poem "Sleep and Poetry."
(c) It refers to a character from the novel Intemperie.
(d) It refers to the poem "Romance Sonámbulo."

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) Anthropomorphism.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Double entente.

4. In "It Was the Animals," what technique is used in the description of the piece of the "ark" next to the speaker's coffee cup?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Anachronism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Catching Copper," what does the acronym "CIB" stand for?

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

3. What does "exhibits from The American Water Museum" warn that you "cannot drink" (69)?

4. What figure from Mexican folklore is referred to in "exhibits from The American Water Museum"?

5. In "Skin-Light," the speaker refers to "violet, biliruben/ bloom." What is she describing?

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