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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 132 - 173).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the poet mention by name in "Pre-Memory?"
(a) Helen Begley.
(b) Enela Rigora.
(c) Marianne Hirsch.
(d) Michael Rinder.

2. In "Pan," what does pandemonium mean?
(a) All water.
(b) All trees.
(c) All earth.
(d) All demon.

3. In "When," how are we like our joy?
(a) We are true but fair.
(b) We are fleeting but certain.
(c) We are not wrong.
(d) We are tall but fair.

4. In "Pan," what does pandemic mean?
(a) All water.
(b) All people.
(c) All trees.
(d) All life.

5. In "Every Day We Are Learning," what is one think we learn?
(a) How to cook.
(b) How to forgive ourselves.
(c) How to love better.
(d) How to live with essence, not ease.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Donohue Family Ledgers," who do the Donohues bury?

2. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what should we take back, if only for this newborn day?

3. In "Fury & Faith," what does our prevailing depend upon?

4. Who wrote "The Letters"?

5. In "_ _ _ _ _ [Gated]," how long have Black people spent quarantined?

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