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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Skin-Light," what is the most likely antecedent of "it" in the line "My whole life I have obeyed it" (21)?
(a) This "god-made place."
(b) The "glide of the hand."
(c) "Skin-Light."
(d) "The opened-gold field."

2. 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) Allusion.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Personification.
(d) Enjambment.

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

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)?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Christianity.

5. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
(a) "Shot in the Dark."
(b) "Thunderstruck."
(c) "Highway to Hell."
(d) "Back in Black."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "ichor." What does this word mean?

2. What technique is used in "American Arithmetic" in the page 17 line "O, mine efficient country"?

3. In "Wolf OR-7," what is the "trembling blue line" (32)?

4. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker mean by "how did Theseus find no joy in you?" (27)?

2. What does the speaker mean in "They Don't Love You Like I Love You" when she says that she can see through maps?

3. In "Ink-Light," how are colors used to shift the poem's tone?

4. Explain the central conceit in the poem "Catching Copper."

5. In "The Mustangs," what is important to the speaker about her brother's appearance?

6. In "Catching Copper," what is the significance of the page 11 lines ,"My brothers feed their bullet/ the way the bulls fed Zeus"?

7. In "The Mustangs," how are mustangs used symbolically?

8. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why does the speaker mention Beyoncé and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?

9. Explain the conceit introduced by the line, "I know another name for holy is water" in "Asterion's Lament" (27).

10. What play on the word "race" is used in "American Arithmetic"?

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