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

2. In "From the Desire Field," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?
(a) A bull.
(b) A cat.
(c) A wolf.
(d) An owl.

3. On page 23 of "Run'n'Gun," the speaker says, "we became coyotes and rivers." What technique is being used in this line?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Double entendre.
(d) Allusion.

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what creature does the speaker claim is walking down West 29th Street?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bull.

5. In "Wolf OR-7," what state has the solitary wolf "OR-7" entered?
(a) California.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Washington.
(d) Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," why are pears, apples, and figs specifically mentioned?

2. In "Ink-Light," the speaker mentions "the ramus" of which of the beloved's body parts?

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

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?

5. On page 9 of "Catching Copper," how do the brothers walk their bullet?

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