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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 "These Hands, If Not Gods," what does "the seven days of your body" allude to (7)?
(a) The legend of the Centimani.
(b) The week the speaker spent with the beloved.
(c) The week the speaker was separated from the beloved.
(d) The Biblical creation story.
2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is the antecedent of the word "they" in the opening line "Haven't they moved like rivers?" (7)?
(a) The speaker's hands.
(b) The powers of the Christian God.
(c) The powers of Prometheus.
(d) The beloved's hands.
3. What distinguishes "Run'n'Gun" from the poems that come before it in the collection?
(a) It is a prose poem.
(b) It is concrete poetry.
(c) It employs a regular meter.
(d) It is rhymed.
4. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what is the literal meaning of the figurative lines, "an American drone finds then loves/ a body--the radiant nectar it seeks" (15)?
(a) The drone is following someone.
(b) The drone has wounded someone.
(c) The drone has crashed somewhere.
(d) The drone is taking photographs.
5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," the entire poem explains why the speaker is like a god. What technique is this an example of?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Paradox.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," what kind of person does the speaker want to love her?
2. What technique is used in the "American Arithmetic" lines, "I do not remember the days before America--/ I do not remember the days when we were all here" (17)?
3. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"
4. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is being referred to by the phrase "these two potters" (7)?
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?
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