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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 "Ship's Manifest," which of the following does Gorman compare the book to?
(a) A religious experience.
(b) A message in a bottle.
(c) A sing.
(d) A light.

2. In "Lucent," what is the most beautiful star?
(a) A friend.
(b) Nothing but a monster.
(c) A mirage.
(d) A lover.

3. In "Memorial," what do we do when we tell a story?
(a) Hearing ourselves.
(b) Living memory.
(c) Honoring a relative.
(d) Finding community.

4. In "& So," what it is harder to do?
(a) Find.
(b) Flee.
(c) Heal.
(d) Hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Essex I," what book did the tragedy involving the Essex inspire?

2. In "Another Nautical," what are words like, in a similar way to water?

3. In "Every Day We Are Learning," what can we not possess without practicing it?

4. In "At First," how do we find the rhetoric of reunion?

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

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