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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of "How the Milky Way Was Made," what aspect of the Colorado before its damming is stressed?
(a) Its power.
(b) Its fertility.
(c) Its beauty.
(d) Its spirituality.

2. In "The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn," what Russian-American poet is quoted?
(a) Peter Orlovsky.
(b) Walter Benton.
(c) Vladimir Nabokov.
(d) Joseph Brodsky.

3. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what kind of food is mentioned twice?
(a) Foraged natural food.
(b) Homemade apple pie.
(c) Government commodity food.
(d) Gas-station snacks.

4. In "The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn," what British monarch is mentioned?
(a) Elizabeth I.
(b) Henry VIII.
(c) George III.
(d) Victoria I.

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

6. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what war is alluded to?
(a) The Peloponnesian War.
(b) The Battle of Red Cliffs.
(c) The Trojan War.
(d) The Texas-Indian Wars.

7. In the context of "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," in the expression "madre mías," what is the most likely reason that mía is made plural?
(a) To indicate more than one exclamation.
(b) This is how the acronym for "missing in action" is made plural in Spanish.
(c) The mother of someone named "Mia" is being discussed.
(d) More than one mother is being discussed.

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

9. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," what does the speaker claim causes the milky appearance of the galaxy?
(a) Dust from the moon.
(b) Sparks from the sun.
(c) The movement of fish.
(d) The quivering of her lover's body.

10. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," what Western cities' use of Colorado River water is criticized?
(a) Denver and San Francisco.
(b) Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
(c) Phoenix and Dallas.
(d) Sacramento and Tempe.

11. In "Snake-Light," what does the speaker dream about?
(a) Snakes trying to talk to her.
(b) That her arms have turned into snakes.
(c) That her pickup truck is full of snakes.
(d) Snakes turning into White people.

12. In "Waist and Sway," to what type of building is the beloved compared?
(a) A skyscraper.
(b) A church bell tower.
(c) An apartment.
(d) A ziggurat.

13. In "The First Water Is the Body," what protest does the speaker mention?
(a) Occupy Wall Street.
(b) The Occupation of Alcatraz.
(c) The Women's March on Washington.
(d) Standing Rock.

14. In "Snake-Light," what is the rhetorical purpose of mentioning the butterflies?
(a) They symbolize the beauty of the desert ecosystem.
(b) They symbolize transformation and the creation of life from death.
(c) They symbolize the lingering and then departure of the snake's spirit.
(d) They symbolize the lightness and freedom of shedding the body.

15. In "The First Water Is the Body," what river does the author specifically discuss?
(a) The Salmon River.
(b) The Blackfoot River.
(c) The Colorado River.
(d) The Green River.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The First Water Is the Body," what word does the speaker borrow from John Berger?

2. In "The First Water Is the Body," what specific product's logo does the speaker mention?

3. 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?

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

5. In "I, Minotaur," who is Briareus?

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