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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 "War: What, Is It Good?" what does the poet say about writing our stories?
(a) It is an essential service.
(b) It is wrong.
(c) It is a friendship.
(d) It needs a finders' fee.

2. In "& So," what it is easy to do?
(a) Harp.
(b) Find.
(c) Flee.
(d) Heal.

3. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" what does Plummer want to make his home?
(a) Worth fighting for.
(b) Worth living in.
(c) Worth writing about.
(d) Worth loving.

4. In "Cecilia," what do we want to feel?
(a) The sickness.
(b) The love.
(c) The heat.
(d) The light.

5. In "Lucent," what are we stripped down like?
(a) A bear.
(b) A fable.
(c) A wintered tree.
(d) A lightbulb.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" what is ever promised in this one-chance life?

3. In "Ship's Manifest," which of the following does Gorman compare the book to?

4. In "When," how are we like our joy?

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

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