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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Ode to the Beloved's Hips" through "The First Water Is the Body".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What vehicle is mentioned in the opening of "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word"?
(a) Subway train.
(b) Ambulance.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Taxi.

2. In "Ink-Light," to what does the speaker compare her desire?
(a) A jaguar.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A carnivorous plant.
(d) A train.

3. In "Asterion's Lament," the speaker talks about "the slake of a monster's appetite" (28). What does "slake" mean in this context?
(a) Danger.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Enormity.
(d) Crumbling away.

4. From its context in "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what can be assumed about the Hotchkiss and Springfield Model 1873?
(a) It is a type of basketball.
(b) It is a type of railroad engine.
(c) It is one of the first sources of outdoor electric light.
(d) It is a U.S. Cavalry weapon.

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?
(a) Wind.
(b) Fabric.
(c) A traffic accident.
(d) A headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what does the speaker say can "make you clean" (42)?

2. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what are "our conquerors" compared to (44)?

3. In "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," who tells the speaker "Don't stray" (19)?

5. 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)?

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