View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn" through "Grief Work".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "Atman." Which idea is this Hindu concept related most closely to?
(a) Contemplation.
(b) Providence.
(c) God's grace.
(d) The soul.

2. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," what does the speaker claim causes the milky appearance of the galaxy?
(a) Sparks from the sun.
(b) The movement of fish.
(c) The quivering of her lover's body.
(d) Dust from the moon.

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) Consonance.
(b) Neologism.
(c) Circumlocution.
(d) Antonomasia.

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," who tells the speaker "Don't stray" (19)?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her friend.
(d) Her mother.

5. In "Ink-Light," what technique is employed in the line, "I touch her with the eyes of my skin" (34)?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Meiosis.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "My Brother, My Wound," to what does the speaker's brother compare her wound?

3. What unusual typographic device is contained in "exhibits from The American Water Museum"?

4. In "The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn," what British monarch is mentioned?

5. In "Like Church," what does the speaker compare her relationship with the church to?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 271 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample