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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 "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
(a) Double entente.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Sarcasm.

2. In "The Mustangs," what is the purpose of mentioning the brother's "thin ankles" (35)?
(a) It compares him to a horse.
(b) It distinguishes him from the other boys.
(c) It stresses his determination.
(d) It foreshadows his injury.

3. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?
(a) Crayfish.
(b) Knitting needles.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Chopsticks.

4. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?
(a) "Calabash."
(b) "Lamp-Land."
(c) "Chalcedony."
(d) "Light-well."

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what does "the seven days of your body" allude to (7)?
(a) The week the speaker spent with the beloved.
(b) The Biblical creation story.
(c) The week the speaker was separated from the beloved.
(d) The legend of the Centimani.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," who is mentioned as having stolen the Creator's heart?

2. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?

3. In "Like Church," what fruit does the speaker say the afterlife will be full of?

4. In "Ink-Light," the speaker mentions "the ramus" of which of the beloved's body parts?

5. 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"?

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