This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Ode to the Beloved's Hips" through "The First Water Is the Body".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Run'n'Gun," what is the rhetorical purpose of the description of the Indian children's shoes and socks?
(a) It portrays their pride in their heritage.
(b) It develops the poem's lighthearted tone.
(c) It foreshadows the poem's ending.
(d) It portrays them as underdogs.

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is the antecedent of the word "they" in the opening line "Haven't they moved like rivers?" (7)?
(a) The powers of Prometheus.
(b) The powers of the Christian God.
(c) The beloved's hands.
(d) The speaker's hands.

3. In "Like Church," what does the speaker compare her relationship with the church to?
(a) Her intimate relationship with a White lover.
(b) The work required to tend a garden successfully.
(c) Her relationship with her family.
(d) America's history of oppression.

4. 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) The wine that the gods drank on Mount Olympus.
(c) A prolonged period of lazy satisfaction.
(d) A strong desire to engage in sexual activity.

5. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what number is described as "lucky" (42)?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the page 27 lines from "Asterion's Lament," "Let me be your tender captain, ferry/ the ultramarine thread you unraveled"" what literary technique is being employed?

2. In the opening of "Skin-Light," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?

4. What is distinctive about the structure of "Blood-Light"?

5. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?

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