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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 "Run'n'Gun," what is the rhetorical purpose of the description of the Indian children's shoes and socks?
(a) It portrays their pride in their heritage.
(b) It portrays them as underdogs.
(c) It foreshadows the poem's ending.
(d) It develops the poem's lighthearted tone.

2. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"
(a) A way to communicate genuine joy.
(b) Her brother's motive for trying to stab her.
(c) How to tell her lover that she wants them to have a child.
(d) Her mother's motive for constantly trying to feed her.

3. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?
(a) "Chalcedony."
(b) "Light-well."
(c) "Calabash."
(d) "Lamp-Land."

4. In "Asterion's Lament," to what is the beloved's body compared besides water?
(a) A palace.
(b) A garden.
(c) A desert.
(d) A maze.

5. What is significant about the star Antares in "Blood-Light"?
(a) It is a star that recently went super-nova.
(b) This is the proper name for the "North Star."
(c) It is also called the "heart of the scorpion."
(d) It is one half of a "double" star.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is the best descriptor of the tone of "American Arithmetic"?

4. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?

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)?

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