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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. On page 1 of "Postcolonial Love Poem," what technique is used in the lines, "The seeds sleep like geodes beneath hot feldspar sand"?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Allusion.

2. What does the title "Catching Copper" literally refer to?
(a) Capturing an escaped dog.
(b) Getting shot.
(c) Working in a mine.
(d) Playing a game with pennies.

3. What is implied in "Postcolonial Love Poem's" allusion to the wars "which started me, which I lost and won"?
(a) The speaker's parents had a difficult relationship, and she inherited their argumentative tendencies.
(b) Romantic relationships represent both a beginning and an end.
(c) Diaz is a pacifist who objects to war of any kind.
(d) Both the speaker's existence and struggles result from the wars of colonial conquest.

4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," which religion's god is alluded to in the line "didn't you sing out their ninety-nine names?" (8)?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Islam.

5. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?
(a) The struggle for Native sovereignty.
(b) Her relationship with her brother.
(c) The battle against erasure.
(d) Her relationship with her lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?

2. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker addresses a lover who is not present in the poem. What technique is this an example of?

4. On page 9 of "Catching Copper," how do the brothers walk their bullet?

5. In "Skin-Light," the speaker refers to "violet, biliruben/ bloom." What is she describing?

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