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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 "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," why are pears, apples, and figs specifically mentioned?
(a) This is an allusion to a 20th century American pop song.
(b) These are fruits commonly used as symbols of the female form.
(c) These are the fruits grown in the Garden of Eden.
(d) This refers back to the earlier allusion to Alcinous.

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "ichor." What does this word mean?
(a) The substance that the Greek gods had instead of blood.
(b) A prolonged period of lazy satisfaction.
(c) A strong desire to engage in sexual activity.
(d) The wine that the gods drank on Mount Olympus.

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

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

5. In "Asterion's Lament," to what is the beloved's body compared besides water?
(a) A maze.
(b) A desert.
(c) A garden.
(d) A palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," what Western cities' use of Colorado River water is criticized?

2. In "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?

3. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what is anger said to be a demand for?

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the literal meaning of the figurative lines, "an American drone finds then loves/ a body--the radiant nectar it seeks" (15)?

5. On page 32 of "Wolf OR-7," what motifs from earlier poems in the collection recur?

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