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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 "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?
(a) She associates lightening with whiteness.
(b) She associates lightening with rain.
(c) She associates lightening with Manhattan.
(d) She associates lightening with violence.

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," which religion's god is alluded to in the line "didn't you sing out their ninety-nine names?" (8)?
(a) Islam.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Judaism.

3. In "Like Church," what word is repeated with a different meaning to imply that the speaker is a kind of captive in her relationship?
(a) Cage.
(b) Judge.
(c) Bars.
(d) Time.

4. 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) Antithesis.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Hyperbaton.
(d) Anaphora.

5. In "Skin-Light," the speaker refers to "violet, biliruben/ bloom." What is she describing?
(a) Painting.
(b) Stones.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Bruises.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?

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

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

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

5. In "Wolf OR-7," what technique is being employed in the page 33 line, "My mind climbed the rise, fall, rise of your bared back"?

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