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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. In "Like Church," the beloved's shoulders are compared to "hematite clocks" (29). What is hematite?
(a) A polished fossil.
(b) A porous rock.
(c) A black mineral.
(d) A transparent salt.

2. What unusual typographic device is contained in "exhibits from The American Water Museum"?
(a) Hedera.
(b) Implied ephemera.
(c) Redaction.
(d) Call-out.

3. In "The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn," the speaker mentions an "alcazar." What is an alcazar?
(a) A poultice meant to sooth a wound.
(b) A type of Medieval castle.
(c) A wine grape.
(d) A garden in the shape of a labyrinth.

4. In "I, Minotaur," what device is used in phrases like "love and what love becomes" and "appetite of your own appetite" (55)?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Paradox.

5. In "Wolf OR-7," what state has the solitary wolf "OR-7" entered?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Oregon.
(c) California.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," why does the speaker take her brother's call?

2. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what is personified as a woman?

3. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," the speaker describes something as "Maenad." What is this a reference to?

4. In "Waist and Sway," what page 78 diction choice indicates that the speaker feels punished or oppressed by her desire for the woman?

5. In "Skin-Light," what is the most likely antecedent of "it" in the line "My whole life I have obeyed it" (21)?

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