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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 "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "ichor." What does this word mean?
(a) The wine that the gods drank on Mount Olympus.
(b) The substance that the Greek gods had instead of blood.
(c) A prolonged period of lazy satisfaction.
(d) A strong desire to engage in sexual activity.

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 ancient potters who created human beings.
(c) The monsters that guard the gates of the underworld.
(d) The wise women who control fate.

3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," to what does the speaker compare the United States?
(a) Broken glass.
(b) Broken ice.
(c) Spoiled milk.
(d) Spilled milk.

4. Which of the following is the best descriptor of the tone of "American Arithmetic"?
(a) Solemn.
(b) Macabre.
(c) Mordant.
(d) Ambivalent.

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the speaker's objection to her lover saying, "You make me feel like lightening" (15)?
(a) She associates lightening with whiteness.
(b) She associates lightening with rain.
(c) She associates lightening with Manhattan.
(d) She associates lightening with violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is implied in "Postcolonial Love Poem's" allusion to the wars "which started me, which I lost and won"?

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

3. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?

4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," how does the tone shift with the image of the speaker looking out the window?

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

(see the answer key)

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