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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 "Essex I," what was the Essex?
(a) A book.
(b) A Lord.
(c) A type of tree.
(d) An American whaling ship.

2. In "Surviving," what might not we be fully sure of?
(a) All that we may be.
(b) All that we wanted to be.
(c) All that we can not be.
(d) All that we are.

3. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what is the second step in warfare & pandemics?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) Hardship.
(c) Reckoning.
(d) Continuation.

4. In "Fugue," what are handshakes and hugs like?
(a) Friends.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Faults.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Essex I," what were whales killed for?

2. In "Another Nautical," what suffix does the poet consider?

3. Who wrote "The Letters"?

4. In "Compass," what is the hardest part of grief?

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

(see the answer key)

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