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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Postcolonial Love Poem" through "From the Desire Field".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Catching Copper," what kind of "comb" is meant in the page 9 lines, "you should see my brothers' bullet/ make a comb, by chewing holes/ in what is sweet"?
(a) A honeycomb.
(b) A textile comb.
(c) A rooster's comb.
(d) A hair comb.

3. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?
(a) Blood.
(b) Land.
(c) Love.
(d) Stars.

4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?
(a) The speaker and the beloved.
(b) The Mojave gods who created humans.
(c) Prometheus and Hecatonchire.
(d) The speaker's hands.

5. In "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?
(a) Rosalía de Castro.
(b) Pablo Neruda.
(c) Octavio Paz.
(d) Federico García Lorca.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what does "the seven days of your body" allude to (7)?

3. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what comparison is made by the lines "eaten the bread/ of your thighs, broke you to wine" (7)?

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)?

5. In the page 1 lines, "when the war ended. The war ended/ depending on which war you mean," what technique is used to introduce ambiguity?

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