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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. What does the opening of "Postcolonial Love Poem" claim that moonstones can do?
2. In "Wolf OR-7," what state has the solitary wolf "OR-7" entered?
3. In "The Mustangs," what AC/DC song is mentioned?
4. In "Skin-Light," what is the most likely antecedent of "it" in the line "My whole life I have obeyed it" (21)?
5. In "Like Church," what fruit does the speaker say the afterlife will be full of?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the central conceit in the poem "Catching Copper."
2. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what dark joke does the speaker make about reparations?
3. In "From the Desire Field," what seems to make the speaker feel better, and to what does she point as a possible, eventual cure for her sleeplessness?
4. In "Like Church," what claim is made about what whites compare Native people to?
5. In what way does the page 1 opening line of "Postcolonial Love Poem," ("I've been taught bloodstones can cure a snakebite") center the Mojave worldview?
6. What is the main point being made in "American Arithmetic"?
7. In "Wolf OR-7," what is significant about the wolf in the poem's title?
8. In "Skin-Light," what is Teotlachco, and what is its significance in the poem?
9. In "Ink-Light," how are colors used to shift the poem's tone?
10. In "The Mustangs," what is important to the speaker about her brother's appearance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a poem we did not specifically discuss in class. Write an explication of this poem, explaining how its techniques create its meaning. At least some of your evidence should be quoted, and if you require outside sources to understand allusions, etc., be sure to cite your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify the following thesis: "In Postcolonial Love Poem, Natalie Diaz re-centers many types of marginalized identities." Be sure to support your thesis with evidence from throughout the collection.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that explores the complexity with which relationships are portrayed in Postcolonial Love Poem. Comment on both family and romantic relationships in your analysis, and provide support from at least five of the collection's poems.
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