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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 addresses a lover who is not present in the poem. What technique is this an example of?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Personification.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?
(a) Unripe, I want it unripe.
(b) Green, I love the green.
(c) Unripe, I love things unripe.
(d) Green, I want you green.

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

4. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
(a) Double entente.
(b) Anthropomorphism.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Sarcasm.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is distinctive about the structure of "Blood-Light"?

3. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?

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 "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?

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