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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. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "Atman." Which idea is this Hindu concept related most closely to?
(a) Contemplation.
(b) Providence.
(c) God's grace.
(d) The soul.

2. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?
(a) A smoothed and polished stone.
(b) A silver buckle common in the Southwestern United States.
(c) A small silver disk used to hold a bolo tie together.
(d) A variety of jasper.

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

4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what does "the seven days of your body" allude to (7)?
(a) The legend of the Centimani.
(b) The week the speaker was separated from the beloved.
(c) The week the speaker spent with the beloved.
(d) The Biblical creation story.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?

2. In "From the Desire Field," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?

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

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

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

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