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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 90 - 131).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "There's No Power Like Home," what were we sick of?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Home.
(d) Medicine.

2. In "Selma Epp," who did the strongest carry?
(a) No one.
(b) God.
(c) Everyone.
(d) The Romans.

3. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" what does Plummer say is "action"?
(a) Winning.
(b) Loving.
(c) Joining the weaponry of our hands.
(d) Writing.

4. In "Back to the Past," what is the closest we get to time travel?
(a) Photos.
(b) Our friends returning.
(c) Our fears softening.
(d) Our lovers dying.

5. In "Letter From a Nurse," what does everyone have to do?
(a) Live.
(b) Work.
(c) Die.
(d) Learn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Aborescent I" what does Gorman say is at the very root of ourselves?

2. In "Fugue," what flickers in and out of our vision?

3. In "War: What, Is It Good?" why is war like a whale?

4. In "Letter From a Nurse," what may we find if fortune favors us?

5. In "Erasure," why do we erase?

(see the answer key)

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