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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "I, Minotaur" through "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what American poet's death is mentioned?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Elizabeth Bishop.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) John Ashbery.

2. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
(a) "Thunderstruck."
(b) "Highway to Hell."
(c) "Shot in the Dark."
(d) "Back in Black."

3. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the phrase, "Go forward, always down" represent (27)?
(a) Ariadne's advice to Theseus.
(b) Commentary about U.S. history.
(c) The title of a Whitman poem.
(d) Directions from the forest to the sea.

4. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" the use of the word "coppered" is an example of which literary technique (73)?
(a) Anthimeria.
(b) Syllepsis.
(c) Zeugma.
(d) Oxymoron.

5. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what are "our conquerors" compared to (44)?
(a) Bulls.
(b) Jaguars.
(c) Horses.
(d) Coyotes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name for the Mojave people does the speaker share in "The First Water Is the Body"?

2. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what is a "traje de luces"?

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

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

5. What is significant about the star Antares in "Blood-Light"?

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