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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 "Ink-Light," what technique is employed in the line, "I touch her with the eyes of my skin" (34)?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Meiosis.

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker makes a reference to the "hundred-handed ones." Who were these figures?
(a) The wise women who control fate.
(b) The giant offspring of Sky and Earth.
(c) The monsters that guard the gates of the underworld.
(d) The ancient potters who created human beings.

3. On page 23 of "Run'n'Gun," the speaker says, "we became coyotes and rivers." What technique is being used in this line?
(a) Double entendre.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Allusion.

4. In "Asterion's Lament," what kind of a creature is "Asterion"?
(a) Half-bird and half-human.
(b) Half-fish and half-human.
(c) Half-snake and half-human.
(d) Half-bull and half-human.

5. What technique is used in the "American Arithmetic" lines, "I do not remember the days before America--/ I do not remember the days when we were all here" (17)?
(a) Antimetabole.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Hyperbaton.
(d) Anaphora.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wolf OR-7," the speaker describes a "tourmaline" dusk. What does tourmaline look like?

2. In "Like Church," to what does the speaker compare the beloved's hip?

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?

4. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?

5. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why is the word "Maps" in quotation marks?

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