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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 "From the Desire Field," what other poet is alluded to?
(a) Federico García Lorca.
(b) Pablo Neruda.
(c) Rosalía de Castro.
(d) Octavio Paz.

2. In "Run'n'Gun," what sport does the speaker discuss?
(a) Lacross.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Basketball.
(d) An ancient Mesoamerican ball game.

3. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," how does the tone shift with the image of the speaker looking out the window?
(a) It becomes darker and lonelier.
(b) It becomes more objectively intellectual.
(c) It becomes angrier and more strident.
(d) It becomes more buoyant with desire.

4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?
(a) The speaker and the beloved.
(b) Prometheus and Hecatonchire.
(c) The speaker's hands.
(d) The Mojave gods who created humans.

5. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the red light metaphorically compared to?
(a) A headache.
(b) Wind.
(c) Fabric.
(d) A traffic accident.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?

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

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

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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