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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 "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what twentieth century American movie is alluded to?
2. In "Grief Work," which ancient work is alluded to?
3. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," why does the speaker take her brother's call?
4. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what kind of food is mentioned twice?
5. In "It Was the Animals," what technique is used in the description of the piece of the "ark" next to the speaker's coffee cup?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Ode to the Beloved's Hips," what metaphorical comparison is developed in the lines, "How many hours bowed against this Infinity of Blessed/ Trinity?" (37)?
2. What two conceits are central to "If I Should Come Upon Your House Lonely in the West Texas Desert"?
3. In what two senses can the title "My Brother, My Wound" be interpreted?
4. In "Grief Work," what is the symbolic significance of the poem's final sequence in which the speaker and her beloved are in the river?
5. In "Cranes, Mafiosos, and a Polaroid Camera," what does the speaker's brother request, and why?
6. In "Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball," what choice does the speaker say the Creator gave Indian peoples, and who chose each option?
7. In "exhibits from The American Water Museum," what story does the rock painting tell, and what is its significance to the speaker?
8. In "How the Milky Way Was Made," what does the speaker say about Coyote?
9. In "Isn't the Air Also a Body, Moving?" what leads the speaker to call the train caboose the best part of a train?
10. In "That Which Cannot Be Stilled," what is the speaker's recurring dream?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an analysis of the function of scientific terms in the diction of Diaz's poetry. You may choose to focus your analysis on one poem or on several; be sure to use quoted evidence in support of your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim regarding how the languages used in Postcolonial Love Poem support one of the book's key themes. Consider why English is the primary language of the poems and explain when and why non-English words are used. Use biographical research to find out what language(s) Diaz speaks, and consider this information in your argument. Use textual support for your claims, at least some of it quoted. Cite all sources in MLA format.
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