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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 "Alarum," how does the poet describe us?
(a) As the future.
(b) As the present.
(c) As the loud toll on this planet.
(d) As the past.

2. In "Another Nautical," what are words like, in a similar way to water?
(a) A type of dying.
(b) A type of loving.
(c) A type of washing.
(d) A type of finding.

3. In "At First," what did we not expect when we asked how others were faring?
(a) A job.
(b) A song.
(c) A farm.
(d) An honest or full response.

4. In "The Shallows," how do we stand?
(a) Stone-still.
(b) Moving.
(c) Raucously.
(d) Suspiciously.

5. In "The Shallows," what does Gorman implore people to do after grieving?
(a) Chose.
(b) Die.
(c) Walk.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the first major section in Part I?

2. In "Hephaestus," what is the debt we always owed each other?

3. In "Fugue," what do we truly mean when we say goodbye?

4. In "Memorial," what do we do when we tell a story?

5. What is behind us in "Ship's Manifest"?

(see the answer key)

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