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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 "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Double entente.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Anthropomorphism.

2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what creature does the speaker claim is walking down West 29th Street?
(a) A lion.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A bull.
(d) A rabbit.

3. In "Run'n'Gun," what is the rhetorical purpose of the description of the Indian children's shoes and socks?
(a) It portrays them as underdogs.
(b) It portrays their pride in their heritage.
(c) It develops the poem's lighthearted tone.
(d) It foreshadows the poem's ending.

4. On page 21 of "Skin-Light," what other name for Teotlachco is given?
(a) "Lamp-Land."
(b) "Chalcedony."
(c) "Light-well."
(d) "Calabash."

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker refers to "Atman." Which idea is this Hindu concept related most closely to?
(a) God's grace.
(b) Contemplation.
(c) Providence.
(d) The soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "American Arithmetic," what percentage of the U.S. population is Native American?

2. In "Catching Copper," what kind of "comb" is meant in the page 9 lines, "you should see my brothers' bullet/ make a comb, by chewing holes/ in what is sweet"?

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

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

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker makes a reference to the "hundred-handed ones." Who were these figures?

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