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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 "Skin-Light," the speaker refers to "violet, biliruben/ bloom." What is she describing?
(a) Stones.
(b) Bruises.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Painting.

2. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?
(a) Neologism.
(b) Aphorismus.
(c) Encomium.
(d) Anthimeria.

3. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?
(a) Knitting needles.
(b) Scorpions.
(c) Crayfish.
(d) Chopsticks.

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

5. According to "American Arithmetic," what percentage of the U.S. population is Native American?
(a) 0.8%.
(b) 1.4%.
(c) 1%.
(d) 2%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?

2. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," to what does the speaker compare the United States?

3. 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?

4. 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"?

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

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