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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "Ode to the Beloved's Hips" through "The First Water Is the Body".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Enjambment.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Synechdoche.

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

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," when the speaker claims to be the only Native person "on the 8th floor of this hotel or any," what technique is being used (14)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Allegory.

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 love things unripe.
(c) Green, I want you green.
(d) Unripe, I want it unripe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Asterion's Lament," the speaker talks about "the slake of a monster's appetite" (28). What does "slake" mean in this context?

2. In "Ink-Light," to what does the speaker compare her desire?

3. From its context in "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what can be assumed about the Hotchkiss and Springfield Model 1873?

4. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what does the speaker claim that basketball is identical with?

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

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