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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 87).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Fugue," how do we fall into the news?
(a) With longing.
(b) Head-first, dread-first.
(c) With happiness.
(d) With angst.

2. In "Earth Eyes," what does the poet ask generations of the past order to be?
(a) Stars.
(b) Lovers, not friends.
(c) Moons.
(d) Recruits, not rescues.

3. In "Aborescent I," what would we give up for "this one"?
(a) Our love.
(b) Our world.
(c) Our hope.
(d) Our hugs.

4. In "At First," what are our sentences as stilted as?
(a) A telegram.
(b) A phone.
(c) A walk.
(d) A frog.

5. In "Hephaestus," what is "that clear plunge"?
(a) The beginning of what we ought to become.
(b) A friend.
(c) A balm.
(d) A relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Back to the Past," what will bleed us at times?

2. In "The Shallows," what does Gorman implore people to do after grieving?

3. In "Lucent," what does lumen mean?

4. In "The Shallows," how does Gorman describe us?

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

(see the answer key)

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