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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 number is described as "lucky" (42)?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. In "Catching Copper," what kind of "comb" is meant in the page 9 lines, "you should see my brothers' bullet/ make a comb, by chewing holes/ in what is sweet"?
(a) A textile comb.
(b) A rooster's comb.
(c) A hair comb.
(d) A honeycomb.

3. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what technique is evident in the line, "Four fat quails making a campanile of the mesquite tree" (43)?
(a) Neologism.
(b) Consonance.
(c) Circumlocution.
(d) Antonomasia.

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

5. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what does the speaker claim that Indian sweat smells like?
(a) Tortillas and Pine-Sol.
(b) WD-40 and cake.
(c) Grape juice and Air Jordans.
(d) Airplane glue and potato chips.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?

2. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" the use of the word "coppered" is an example of which literary technique (73)?

3. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what twentieth century American movie is alluded to?

4. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what power does the speaker ascribe to the air?

5. In "I, Minotaur," the speaker uses the word "Minotauromachy." Where does this word come from?

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