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

2. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?
(a) It stresses his determination.
(b) It compares him to a horse.
(c) It foreshadows his injury.
(d) It distinguishes him from the other boys.

3. What is distinctive about the structure of "Blood-Light"?
(a) It is grouped into two-line stanzas.
(b) If compressed, the lines would form a free-verse version of a sonnet.
(c) It is the only rhymed poem in the collection.
(d) It uses ballad meter.

4. In "The First Water Is the Body," what word does the speaker borrow from John Berger?
(a) "Juxtaposition."
(b) "Submerge."
(c) "Pre-verbal."
(d) "Channeled."

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker makes a reference to the "hundred-handed ones." Who were these figures?
(a) The monsters that guard the gates of the underworld.
(b) The wise women who control fate.
(c) The giant offspring of Sky and Earth.
(d) The ancient potters who created human beings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Run'n'Gun," what causes the speaker's older brother's game to deteriorate?

3. On page 23 of "Run'n'Gun," the speaker says, "we became coyotes and rivers." What technique is being used in this line?

4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?

5. In "Asterion's Lament," to what is the beloved's body compared besides water?

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