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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 the opening of "Skin-Light," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A bull.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A jaguar.

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker makes a reference to the "hundred-handed ones." Who were these figures?
(a) The giant offspring of Sky and Earth.
(b) The monsters that guard the gates of the underworld.
(c) The ancient potters who created human beings.
(d) The wise women who control fate.

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is the antecedent of the word "they" in the opening line "Haven't they moved like rivers?" (7)?
(a) The powers of the Christian God.
(b) The powers of Prometheus.
(c) The speaker's hands.
(d) The beloved's hands.

4. What distinguishes "Run'n'Gun" from the poems that come before it in the collection?
(a) It is rhymed.
(b) It is concrete poetry.
(c) It employs a regular meter.
(d) It is a prose poem.

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what does the speaker claim to do with her "mouth of smoke" (14)?
(a) Put bees to sleep.
(b) Fill the room.
(c) Preserve meat.
(d) Speak an unknown language.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?

2. In "Run'n'Gun," what is a logical interpretation of the symbolic value of the fence outside the schoolyard?

3. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?

4. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?

5. What vehicle is mentioned in the opening of "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word"?

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