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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 "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
(a) "Shot in the Dark."
(b) "Highway to Hell."
(c) "Thunderstruck."
(d) "Back in Black."

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Paradox.

3. In "The Mustangs," where does the speaker go to high school?
(a) Needles, California.
(b) Golden Shores, Arizona.
(c) Willow Valley, Arizona.
(d) Mountain Pass, California.

4. In "Like Church," to what does the speaker compare the beloved's hip?
(a) A searchlight.
(b) An orchard.
(c) The quarter moon.
(d) A window.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "I, Minotaur," what device is used in phrases like "love and what love becomes" and "appetite of your own appetite" (55)?

2. From its context in "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what can be assumed about the Hotchkiss and Springfield Model 1873?

3. What technique is used in "American Arithmetic" in the page 17 line "O, mine efficient country"?

4. In "The First Water Is the Body," whom does the speaker call "The only red people I've ever seen" (46)?

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what comparison is made by the lines "eaten the bread/ of your thighs, broke you to wine" (7)?

(see the answer key)

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