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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Asterion's Lament" through "The Mustangs".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the entire poem explains why the speaker is like a god. What technique is this an example of?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Juxtaposition.

2. In "Like Church," what does the speaker say she has "escaped through" (29)?
(a) Dirty water.
(b) The beloved's body.
(c) The window.
(d) A searchlight.

3. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"
(a) Her mother's motive for constantly trying to feed her.
(b) A way to communicate genuine joy.
(c) How to tell her lover that she wants them to have a child.
(d) Her brother's motive for trying to stab her.

4. In "From the Desire Field," how does "soy una sonámbula" function as an allusion?
(a) It refers to the poem "Sleep and Poetry."
(b) It refers to the poem "Romance Sonámbulo."
(c) It refers to a character from the movie Sleepwalking.
(d) It refers to a character from the novel Intemperie.

5. What vehicle is mentioned in the opening of "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word"?
(a) Ambulance.
(b) Subway train.
(c) Airplane.
(d) Taxi.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Mustangs," where does the speaker go to high school?

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what creature does the speaker claim is walking down West 29th Street?

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

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

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

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