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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," which religion's god is alluded to in the line "didn't you sing out their ninety-nine names?" (8)?
2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what creature does the speaker claim is walking down West 29th Street?
3. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?
4. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the phrase, "Go forward, always down" represent (27)?
5. In "Like Church," the beloved's shoulders are compared to "hematite clocks" (29). What is hematite?
Short Essay Questions
1. To whom is the speaker alluding in the third strophe of "These Hands, If Not Gods," when she mentions "a sin worth hurting for" (7), and how does the reader know this?
2. What play on the word "race" is used in "American Arithmetic"?
3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why does the speaker mention Beyoncé and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?
4. In "Blood-Light," what do the scorpions represent, and how does the reader know this?
5. In "Like Church," what claim is made about what whites compare Native people to?
6. In "Wolf OR-7," what is significant about the wolf in the poem's title?
7. Explain the conceit introduced by the line, "I know another name for holy is water" in "Asterion's Lament" (27).
8. Explain the central conceit in the poem "Catching Copper."
9. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the speaker mean by "how did Theseus find no joy in you?" (27)?
10. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what dark joke does the speaker make about reparations?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the "wounds" motif in Postcolonial Love Poem. How do wounds function at both a literal and a symbolic level, and what positive function do poems in this collection seem to suggest wounds might serve? Be sure to support your analysis with evidence from at least five poems in the collection.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that traces the development of the "bull" motif in Postcolonial Love Poem. Show how different poems develop differing aspects of this motif and make a claim about its overall meaning within the collection.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you explore how the fusion of land, body, and spirit in Postcolonial Love Poem centers the Mojave worldview. Use evidence from throughout the collection in support of your thesis, and if you utilize outside sources, be sure to cite them in MLA format.
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