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

2. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what techniques are employed in the line "Swing switch sway. Hold the day away a little" (37)?
(a) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.
(b) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(c) Onomatopoeia and blank verse.
(d) Blank verse and alliteration.

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what does "the seven days of your body" allude to (7)?
(a) The week the speaker was separated from the beloved.
(b) The week the speaker spent with the beloved.
(c) The Biblical creation story.
(d) The legend of the Centimani.

4. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what does the speaker say can "make you clean" (42)?
(a) Sand.
(b) Ash.
(c) Grief.
(d) Rain.

5. In "It Was the Animals," what does the speaker's brother tell her she can read about on the wood he has found?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) The secret names of God.
(c) The "rules" for getting into Heaven.
(d) The true story of Creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The First Water Is the Body," what city's water crisis is specifically mentioned?

2. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what is anger said to be a demand for?

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

4. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"

5. In "The First Water Is the Body," what protest does the speaker mention?

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