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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 the page 27 lines from "Asterion's Lament," "Let me be your tender captain, ferry/ the ultramarine thread you unraveled"" what literary technique is being employed?
(a) Epistrophe.
(b) Double entente.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Apologia.

2. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
(a) Double entente.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Sarcasm.

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 legend of the Centimani.
(d) The Biblical creation story.

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?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Enjambment.

5. In "Catching Copper," what does the acronym "CIB" stand for?
(a) Criminal Investigation Branch.
(b) Combat Infantryman Badge.
(c) Certificate of Indian Blood.
(d) Citizens Information Board.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Like Church," what word is repeated with a different meaning to imply that the speaker is a kind of captive in her relationship?

2. What does the title "Catching Copper" literally refer to?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "ichor." What does this word mean?

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," what kind of person does the speaker want to love her?

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what does the speaker claim to do with her "mouth of smoke" (14)?

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