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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. From its context in "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what can be assumed about the Hotchkiss and Springfield Model 1873?
(a) It is a U.S. Cavalry weapon.
(b) It is a type of basketball.
(c) It is a type of railroad engine.
(d) It is one of the first sources of outdoor electric light.

2. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," why does the speaker take her brother's call?
(a) Because she thinks that it is someone else calling.
(b) Because he might be in danger.
(c) Because he will keep calling until she does.
(d) Because she wants to tell him about the cranes.

3. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what does the speaker say can "make you clean" (42)?
(a) Rain.
(b) Ash.
(c) Sand.
(d) Grief.

4. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what does the speaker "diagnose" herself and the reservation as?
(a) Dream-like.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Rusting.

5. In "Waist and Sway," what page 78 diction choice indicates that the speaker feels punished or oppressed by her desire for the woman?
(a) "Amber."
(b) "Moths."
(c) "Alchemists."
(d) "Pillory."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker say is another name for "water" (27)?

3. In "The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn," what creature's horn is referenced in the poem's epigraph?

4. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," when the speaker says that "Maps are ghosts," what technique is being used?

5. In "The First Water Is the Body," what protest does the speaker mention?

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