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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Asterion's Lament" through "The Mustangs".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?
(a) Know.
(b) Howl.
(c) Love.
(d) Bite.

2. In "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?
(a) My cabbage.
(b) My peanut.
(c) My snail.
(d) My rabbit.

3. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?
(a) Anthimeria.
(b) Aphorismus.
(c) Encomium.
(d) Neologism.

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the literal meaning of the figurative lines, "an American drone finds then loves/ a body--the radiant nectar it seeks" (15)?
(a) The drone is following someone.
(b) The drone is taking photographs.
(c) The drone has crashed somewhere.
(d) The drone has wounded someone.

5. On page 32 of "Wolf OR-7," what motifs from earlier poems in the collection recur?
(a) The "dunes of your hips" and "long thirst."
(b) "Tracking" and "cameras."
(c) "Instinct" and "desire."
(d) "A same wilding path" and "wolf naps."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "American Arithmetic," what percentage of the U.S. population is Native American?

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

3. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?

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

5. In "Skin-Light," what is the most likely antecedent of "it" in the line "My whole life I have obeyed it" (21)?

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