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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?
2. 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)?
3. In "Like Church," what does the speaker say she has "escaped through" (29)?
4. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?
5. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the main point being made in "American Arithmetic"?
2. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why does the speaker mention Beyoncé and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?
3. In "Like Church," what claim is made about what whites compare Native people to?
4. In "Blood-Light," what do the scorpions represent, and how does the reader know this?
5. In "The Mustangs," how are mustangs used symbolically?
6. What is a literal summary of the action of "Blood-Light"?
7. In "Wolf OR-7," what is significant about the wolf in the poem's title?
8. In "From the Desire Field," what seems to make the speaker feel better, and to what does she point as a possible, eventual cure for her sleeplessness?
9. Explain the central conceit in the poem "Catching Copper."
10. Explain the conceit introduced by the line, "I know another name for holy is water" in "Asterion's Lament" (27).
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify the following thesis: "In Postcolonial Love Poem, Natalie Diaz re-centers many types of marginalized identities." Be sure to support your thesis with evidence from throughout the collection.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you explore how the fusion of land, body, and spirit in Postcolonial Love Poem centers the Mojave worldview. Use evidence from throughout the collection in support of your thesis, and if you utilize outside sources, be sure to cite them in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an analysis of the function of scientific terms in the diction of Diaz's poetry. You may choose to focus your analysis on one poem or on several; be sure to use quoted evidence in support of your claims.
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