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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 "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," the speaker describes something as "Maenad." What is this a reference to?
(a) King Menelaus's wife.
(b) Orpheus's wife.
(c) Dionysus's female followers.
(d) Demeter's daughter.

2. On page 9 of "Catching Copper," how do the brothers walk their bullet?
(a) "Like a date."
(b) "With a limp."
(c) "With a moan."
(d) "Like a bee."

3. In "The First Water Is the Body," what word does the speaker borrow from John Berger?
(a) "Juxtaposition."
(b) "Pre-verbal."
(c) "Channeled."
(d) "Submerge."

4. In "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?
(a) It refers to the poem "Romance Sonámbulo."
(b) It refers to the poem "Sleep and Poetry."
(c) It refers to a character from the movie Sleepwalking.
(d) It refers to a character from the novel Intemperie.

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?
(a) A headache.
(b) A traffic accident.
(c) Wind.
(d) Fabric.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?

3. In "The First Water Is the Body," what river does the author specifically discuss?

4. In "I, Minotaur," what does the speaker call "lilac-lit pools of ablution" (57)?

5. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what does the speaker compare breathing to?

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