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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word" through "Run'n'Gun".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the entire poem explains why the speaker is like a god. What technique is this an example of?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Symbolism.

2. In "Skin-Light," the speaker refers to "violet, biliruben/ bloom." What is she describing?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Painting.
(c) Bruises.
(d) Stones.

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

4. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"
(a) Her brother's motive for trying to stab her.
(b) A way to communicate genuine joy.
(c) Her mother's motive for constantly trying to feed her.
(d) How to tell her lover that she wants them to have a child.

5. What is significant about the star Antares in "Blood-Light"?
(a) It is a star that recently went super-nova.
(b) It is one half of a "double" star.
(c) It is also called the "heart of the scorpion."
(d) This is the proper name for the "North Star."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the title "Catching Copper" literally refer to?

2. In "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?

3. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?

4. On page 1 of "Postcolonial Love Poem," what technique is used in the lines, "The seeds sleep like geodes beneath hot feldspar sand"?

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?

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