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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "I, Minotaur" through "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," where is the speaker?
(a) Kearney, Nebraska.
(b) Iola, Kansas.
(c) Chadron, Nebraska.
(d) Pratt, Kansas.

2. In "It Was the Animals," what technique is used in the description of the piece of the "ark" next to the speaker's coffee cup?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Anachronism.

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

4. In "It Was the Animals," what has the speaker's brother actually found?
(a) A plank from a rowboat.
(b) A piece of a picture frame.
(c) The wooden handle of a hatchet.
(d) A piece of driftwood.

5. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?
(a) Unripe, I want it unripe.
(b) Green, I love the green.
(c) Green, I want you green.
(d) Unripe, I love things unripe.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker makes a reference to the "hundred-handed ones." Who were these figures?

3. What technique is used in "American Arithmetic" in the page 17 line "O, mine efficient country"?

4. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," why are pears, apples, and figs specifically mentioned?

5. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what American poet's death is mentioned?

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