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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," the speaker mentions "the ramus" of which of the beloved's body parts?
(a) Stomach.
(b) Jaw.
(c) Thigh.
(d) Eye.

2. In "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?
(a) It refers to the poem "Romance Sonámbulo."
(b) It refers to the poem "Sleep and Poetry."
(c) It refers to a character from the movie Sleepwalking.
(d) It refers to a character from the novel Intemperie.

3. In "American Arithmetic," what does the narrator suggest is better than being invisible?
(a) Being heard.
(b) Being loved.
(c) Being lonely.
(d) Being dead.

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

5. What technique is used in "American Arithmetic" in the page 17 line "O, mine efficient country"?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Paraprosdokian.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Apostrophe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "From the Desire Field," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?

2. In "Wolf OR-7," what state has the solitary wolf "OR-7" entered?

3. In "Catching Copper," what kind of "comb" is meant in the page 9 lines, "you should see my brothers' bullet/ make a comb, by chewing holes/ in what is sweet"?

4. What distinguishes "Run'n'Gun" from the poems that come before it in the collection?

5. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?

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