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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 "These Hands, If Not Gods," the speaker addresses a lover who is not present in the poem. What technique is this an example of?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Personification.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. In "From the Desire Field," what does the line "verde, te quiero verde" literally translate to (12)?
(a) Green, I love the green.
(b) Unripe, I love things unripe.
(c) Unripe, I want it unripe.
(d) Green, I want you green.

3. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?
(a) Stop the bleeding of a snakebite.
(b) Help you find your way home.
(c) Predict the weather.
(d) Make someone fall in love with you.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?

2. In "Catching Copper," what technique is used in the strophe about the brothers dancing, on page 10, when the dance "The worm" is mentioned?

3. What is implied in "Postcolonial Love Poem's" allusion to the wars "which started me, which I lost and won"?

4. What is significant about the star Antares in "Blood-Light"?

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

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