View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Postcolonial Love Poem" through "From the Desire Field".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Blood-Light," what does the speaker say the story is about?
(a) Love.
(b) Blood.
(c) Stars.
(d) Land.

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"?
(a) A textile comb.
(b) A hair comb.
(c) A rooster's comb.
(d) A honeycomb.

3. In "Catching Copper," when the brothers are searching for their bullet, what sound is heard?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Clicking.
(c) Moaning.
(d) Barking.

4. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"
(a) A way to communicate genuine joy.
(b) Her brother's motive for trying to stab her.
(c) How to tell her lover that she wants them to have a child.
(d) Her mother's motive for constantly trying to feed her.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what comparison is made by the lines "eaten the bread/ of your thighs, broke you to wine" (7)?

3. What is distinctive about the structure of "Blood-Light"?

4. In "From the Desire Field," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 348 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample